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31,477,494 | The Chile international has scored 18 goals in 32 Gunners appearances, but Wenger felt Sanchez "was not himself" during last week's win over Leicester.
Sanchez went off with a knee injury which makes him a doubt for Sunday's FA Cup tie against Middlesbrough.
"He had not the same intensity in his game as he had until now," said Wenger.
"I'm not sure he was free in his head to sprint as he used to. I don't know if it was down to the kick he got on his knee, but he was not himself."
Wenger, however, insisted Sanchez's injury was not a major concern and said the 26-year-old - signed for £35m from Barcelona last summer - could even line up against Boro.
"He has a swollen knee and he cannot move well, but it's only a kick, nothing else," said the boss.
"If he's not available for Sunday, he will be available next week."
Wenger, meanwhile, has defended Manchester United counterpart Louis van Gaal over claims from West Ham manager Sam Allardyce that the Dutchman is playing long-ball football.
Van Gaal felt compelled to produce a leaflet for the benefit of the media to defend his tactical approach, after Allardyce suggested United "thumped it" in earning a draw in the recent Premier League game between the teams.
"There was no reason for Van Gaal to defend himself," said Wenger. "I didn't understand really what the problem was.
"Man United went a bit longer in the last 10 minutes - I found it completely logical.
"If I am in a game in the last five minutes, we have a free-kick and we have three monsters up front, I do not say 'play a short ball'. An intelligent team knows how to exploit its strong points." | Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has admitted key player Alexis Sanchez might be showing signs of fatigue in his debut Premier League season. |
37,352,128 | Choosing Wisely Wales aims for a more equal doctor-patient relationship.
It comes amid worries up to 20% of treatments at best do no good but at worst could harm patients - something a top doctor has called "clearly unacceptable".
But there are fears the move might be interpreted as an effort to cut costs.
Those behind the movement, which already operates in 18 countries, want clinicians to have "open and honest conversations" about treatments, and say patients should be less passive, have more input and explore all alternatives.
Central to the idea are four questions a patient needs to ask:
Dr Paul Myres, programme leader and chairman of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges in Wales, said: "Amazingly, I think in Wales in particular there's still the idea that 'doctor knows best' and, interestingly, some clinicians who come to work here say patients are that little more passive, not so assertive.
"We're encouraging them to be a bit more questioning in discussions with their clinicians."
It has been argued that if patients have "greater ownership" of the care they receive, they are more likely to follow a course of treatment, reject treatments that have little benefit, and may be less likely to return to the doctor.
The approach, it has been argued, could also lead to significantly better results for patients.
Dr Myres admitted "there was likely to be reluctance on both sides" and said the approach could be interpreted as an attempt to save money.
"It's not about cost-cutting, it's about reducing waste," he said.
"If something is wasted on a patient, then a person who really needs that treatment could face a delay."
It is also hoped the approach could help reduce the number of "unnecessary tests and treatments", which could result in shorter waiting times for patients with a genuine need.
This could include patients demanding antibiotics for colds and sore throats or those expecting scans for basic back pain.
But it could also involve serious diseases such as cancer, where patients might feel under pressure to accept invasive treatment which could leave them with a worse quality of life.
WHAT DO PATIENTS THINK?
John Skipper, a retired serviceman, was formerly on the board of Community Health Councils in Wales. In 2011, aged 60, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, which he described as "a wake up call".
"I needed to know more about my condition, I needed to know what might be the best outcome for me and be part of a team looking after me and not be on the outside looking in," he said.
"With cancer there are many interventions possible and some carry more risks than others. Removing the prostate gland can have some real side effects.
"I was talking with my consultant and with other professionals about what other options were available to me.
"They found that useful and for me it took away a lot of the stress and I felt empowered and part of the team looking after me."
He said the Choosing Wisely concept meant patients were part of their own care.
"It enables the doctor to do what they're trained to do. You're guiding them to an option that they can perform, but at least you can say 'this is what I would prefer'," he said.
"We often have that discussion about our car when we take it in for a service, so why can't we have that discussion about our body?
"I think this whole culture has to be win-win for the NHS. It's not a bottomless pit of money but it has capability and it's about optimising the capability you have and dealing with realism."
WHAT DOES THE MEDICAL PROFESSION THINK?
Graeme Paul-Taylor, a physiotherapist and lecturer at Cardiff University, has a lot of experience working with patients with lower back pain.
He said there was a growing belief that sending people for a MRI scan was the "gold standard" to provide all the answers.
"What's important is to exercise and to get moving and for a lot of people that gets them the results they need," he said.
"But over the last couple of decades, with the real quality and sensitive scanning and imaging that can be done, people are starting to believe that the structural changes that are seen on a MRI scan are the cause of the pain.
"We know if you were to scan people with no symptoms of back pain you're still likely to see those changes."
Dr Ffion Williams, from Prestatyn, Denbighshire, said the initiative was all about sharing information with patients.
"It's allowing people to make their own decisions so we're a conduit for information. It's not the old system that we're the doctor and 'you do what we tell you'," she said.
"Sometimes it's going to be a decision from a patient that I'm not going to agree with but it's also allowing the patient to make the decision but knowing they've had the right information to make it."
Dr Myres, a former Wrexham GP, concedes consultation times may need to be lengthened.
"Really good conversations need more time up front - even though research suggests actually it can be done in 10 minutes," he said.
"But the payback is if a patient fully understands and is involved in the decisions, they are more likely to comply and less likely to come back."
Choosing Wisely Wales is the first campaign of its type to be launched in the UK and is being led by the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges Wales, in partnership with Public Health Wales and Community Health Councils. | Patients in Wales are being urged to take more control of decisions about the care and treatments they receive, as part of a new medical movement. |
27,322,166 | Prof Pillinger was at his home in Cambridge when he suffered a brain haemorrhage and fell into a deep coma.
His family said he later died at Addenbrooke's Hospital without regaining consciousness.
His death was "devastating and unbelievable", they said in a statement.
Dr David Parker, the chief executive of the UK Space Agency, led the tributes.
He told the BBC that Prof Pillinger had played a critical role in raising the profile of the British space programme and had inspired "young people to dream big dreams".
The Science Minister David Willetts called him a "delightful man and a free spirit". And added: "His vision of space exploration and his dedication to it inspired the nation."
And Prof Mark Sims, the mission manager on the 2003 Beagle-2 probe, recalled: "Colin was a top-rate scientist. You might not have agreed with him but he always went for what he believed in. It was a privilege to have known him and worked with him, both as a friend and colleague."
Prof Pillinger was the driving force behind Beagle-2, which was built to search for life on Mars.
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The little craft was carried piggyback to the Red Planet on a European satellite, but vanished without trace after being dropped off to make its landing.
Prof Pillinger continued to push space agencies to complete what he called "unfinished business on Mars", and was sometimes critical of the delays that have seen Europe's follow-up rover mission, ExoMars, slip back to 2018.
Fans took to Twitter on Thursday to pay tribute to the scientist, with author Keith Mansfield calling him a "great advocate" for space and Mars.
Phil Ford, a writer on Dr Who, said: "Very sad to see Prof Colin Pillinger has died. A proper British boffin who will be fondly remembered for the Beagle Mars mission."
At the age of 62, Prof Pillinger was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, which made it difficult for him to walk.
He said the illness would not diminish his research, and his motorised buggy was often seen racing around scientific conferences.
"Bloody-minded," was how he described his own approach to life. "If I ever said as a child 'I can't do this', my father would always say, 'There's no such thing as can't'," he recalled on the BBC's Desert Island Discs programme.
With colleagues at the Open University, where he headed the Department of Physical Sciences until 2005, he was keenly looking forward to this year's Rosetta mission.
The pan-European venture plans to put a lander on a comet this November, and an OU instrument will help investigate the object's chemistry.
"It's important to note that Colin's contribution to planetary science goes back to working on Moon samples from Apollo, as well as his work on meteorites," said Dr Parker.
"While we still don't know for certain what happened to Beagle-2, I'd say that the project was a turning point in bringing together the space science and industrial communities in the UK - which didn't used to speak with one voice. Beagle-2 wasn't built in Colin's backyard: it was the product of UK brains and hard-work in many companies and universities."
For the British media, Prof Pillinger was often the go-to man for a comment when a new piece of space science was published.
The press appreciated his straight-talking, and the whiskers and the Bristolian accent just added to his appeal.
He had an especially sharp eye for a good headline, once demonstrating the relatively small scale of Beagle-2 by loading a replica into a supermarket trolley and wheeling it through the car park of the Open University. The footage was picked up by the satirical programme Have I Got News for You? ensuring that news of the mission reached a far wider audience.
On the publication of his biography in 2010, My Life On Mars, he recalled an event that made him realise that the lost probe would be his legacy.
"I pulled into the OU car park and there was this huge lorry, a guy delivering a load of bricks - a builder, obviously," he told the BBC.
"I looked at this guy and I thought 'he's going to take a while', so I dashed in front of him in my car to get into the parking space. Well, the door opened on the lorry and this huge man got out - you could eat your dinner off his hands - and he started walking towards the car. And I thought, 'Bloody hell, I'm going to get thumped'.
"Well, he stuffed this huge paw through the window and said, 'You're the man who launched Beagle-2, aren't you? I want to shake your hand, mate'. And that to me says everything. There's nobody in the UK I didn't reach."
Prof John Zarnecki, a colleague at the OU, remembered Colin Pillinger as "a boss, a friend, a rival, a confidant, a fellow football fan and many more".
"Working with Colin was never easy or quiet! But our aims were the same - to do the best science that we possibly could. And with Colin, woe betide anybody or any organisation who got in the way of that objective," he told me.
"Life was never dull - he never fired me (as most of my colleagues claim to have been) but I do remember a particularly fiery meeting at which he accused me of being a traitor (to what I'm not sure I remember).
"I can think of nobody else who could have made Beagle-2 happen - he was so passionate, determined and thick-skinned.
"He refused to work 'by the rules'. Although it was a 'long shot', it definitely could have worked - and I committed myself to the extent of providing an instrument for Beagle-2. The Christmas Day we spent trying to make contact with Beagle-2 was so painful - and so much so for Colin who had invested his very soul - and more - into that effort. He bore it with great dignity.
"Our community will be that much poorer without Colin."
Prof Pillinger was married to Judith with whom he had two children, Shusanah and Nicolas.
Jonathan.Amos-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos | British planetary scientist Colin Pillinger, best known for his 2003 attempt to land a spacecraft on Mars, has died aged 70, his family have said. |
27,181,988 | The Blues sit second in the table - one point ahead of Manchester City who have one game in hand - after goals from Demba Ba and Willian completed a 2-0 victory at Anfield.
I'm a bit confused with what the media thinks about defensive displays
"We are not in it," said Mourinho, whose side have two games remaining. "The champions will be Liverpool or City. We have nothing to celebrate."
The Portuguese added: "Today was an important three points and we need one more to finish third."
Third place ensures the Champions League semi-finalists, who finish their league campaign with a home game against Norwich and a visit to Cardiff, would not have to play any qualifying matches in Europe's elite club competition next season.
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The Blues, who face Atletico Madrid in the second-leg of their last-four Champions League tie on Wednesday, arrived at Anfield amid speculation Mourinho would rest players and play a weakened team, despite the magnitude of the fixture.
Defeat would have ended Chelsea's hopes of winning the title they last claimed in 2010, but late goals in each half ensured they are still contenders, despite Mourinho's reluctance to admit so.
"Now we can say we have won both matches against the champions," added Mourinho, whose side have beaten Liverpool and Manchester City twice this season.
"The team that deserved it more won. Obviously many people would be expecting us to come here and lose three, four or five nil like others. Many people thought it was impossible to get this result."
Mourinho gave 20-year-old Czech Tomas Kalas a debut in central defence against the Reds and praised "a giant" performance from Demba Ba in attack.
The Portuguese, whose side have claimed 16 points from 18 against the Premier League's top four sides this season, denied his team time-wasted on Merseyside and disagreed with the notion they used defensive tactics.
"I'm a bit confused with what the media thinks about defensive displays," said Mourinho, a winner of league titles in four countries.
"When a team defends well you call it a defensive display. When they defend bad and concede two or three goals, you don't consider it a defensive display and sometimes they are.
"My team played brilliantly, every player was magnificent. No mistakes." | Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho says his side "have no chance" of winning the Premier League title despite them beating leaders Liverpool to move within two points of top spot. |
27,356,077 | The 30-year-old sex worker was hit and knocked to the ground then stabbed in the neck, near Oldham Road, Rochdale, on Thursday evening.
A man demanded money but fled empty handed, Greater Manchester Police said.
Det Ch Insp Sarah Jones said: "This was an unprovoked and vicious attack on a sex worker which left her with a knife in her neck."
The woman was taken to hospital for treatment but was later released.
The arrested man is aged 29, said police. | A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a woman was left with a knife in her neck. |
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His car flipped and came to rest upside down after hitting the wall following a spin out of the Hungaroring's Turn 11, caused by a rear suspension failure.
Perez climbed out of the car and told his team he was unhurt.
Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton ended the session fastest after a very impressive 90 minutes, 0.109secs ahead of team-mate Nico Rosberg in second.
Perez's car was pitched into a spin when the right-rear suspension broke as he ran wide, and flipped when a front wheel was caught under the chassis.
The initial spin sent the car spinning across the track into the inside wall, after which it continued to spin and then turned over.
Perez conducted media interviews minutes after the crash following his return to the paddock.
"Thanks to God, everything is OK," Perez said.
"I lost the rest and went into the wall. On the Astroturf, it is very slippery. The car is quite badly damaged but hopefully we can recover and do a bit of second practice. I hope we can recover from this."
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The incident was a reminder of the ever-present dangers involved in F1, just three days after the funeral of Jules Bianchi, who died last week from injuries sustained in a crash in last October's Japanese Grand Prix.
The teams and drivers are all carrying tributes to the Frenchman on their cars and helmets at this weekend's race.
On track, world champion Hamilton was two seconds clear of the field after the first 20 minutes, as he reached the limits faster than his rivals.
At the end of the session, Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen was third, 0.671secs slower than Hamilton and 0.241secs ahead of Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo in fifth.
The second Red Bull of Daniil Kvyat was sixth, ahead of Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel.
Toro Rosso's Carlos Sainz, Perez, Williams's Valtteri Bottas and Toro Rosso's Max Verstappen completed the top 10, ahead of the McLarens of Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button.
Raikkonen's session ended a few minutes early when the front wing dropped off his car coming out of Turn 12, leaving debris on the track and puncturing the Ferrari's front tyre.
Some teams did sneak out for an extra couple of laps when the green light came on again with less than a minute to go.
Lotus did very limited mileage after solving a financial dispute with tyre supplier Pirelli shortly before the session, Pastor Maldonado ending up 17th and reserve driver Jolyon Palmer 20th after not setting a time.
At Manor, reserve driver Fabio Leimer had his first outing on a grand prix weekend and was 19th, about a second slower than team-mate and regular race driver Will Stevens. | Force India's Sergio Perez walked away from a dramatic accident in first practice at the Hungarian Grand Prix. |
35,689,349 | It followed a process where the Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb tried to find consensus among the political groups in the assembly and at Westminster.
Despite the attempt to build consensus the bill has resulted in some fiery rhetoric - with talk of "English vetos" and Lord Elis-Thomas even suggesting it was the worst attempt to re-write the constitution he had ever seen.
Mr Crabb has now proposed substantial changes. But what is the draft Bill, why is it so controversial and how does it affect you?
In simple terms, the Bill takes the law that governs the assembly and Welsh devolution and turns it inside out.
Currently Wales' devolved powers are explicitly set out in a list of so-called "conferred" powers.
The Wales Bill tries to move Wales to a system more like the Northern Ireland assembly and the Scottish parliament.
There, powers kept by Westminster are defined in a set of "reservations". Everything else is assumed to be devolved.
Consensus in the Welsh political scene has been that Wales should move to that way of running things.
It is meant to be clearer and avoid the kind of rows that have landed Welsh legislation in the Supreme Court.
The Bill also offers new powers to the assembly over its own affairs - such as how elections take place and the institution's name - as well as on energy and transport.
The Bill's critics argue the legislation, as it stood, does not achieve Mr Crabb's stated aim of producing a clearer settlement that would stand the test of time.
Opposition politicians and academics have said it could lead to a reversal of devolution and give UK ministers a "veto" over Welsh decisions.
Some have argued it could create even more potential Supreme Court challenges.
There are three specific areas which have attracted criticism:
Stephen Crabb has confirmed the Bill will be delayed until May at the earliest and revealed substantial changes to the areas complained about.
The necessity test will not happen and Mr Crabb will look at shortening the reservation list.
There are changes for minister of crown consents too.
Mr Crabb said he will look at passing control for some of these consents, relating to responsibilities which step into devolved territory still held by UK ministers, to Wales.
There are areas like teachers' pay, which is still controlled from Westminster although education is run from Cardiff.
He has also launched a working group to look at distinct arrangements needed for the growing body of Welsh law - but has stopped short of backing a separate Welsh legal jurisdiction.
Carwyn Jones and others have said the lack of a provision for a Welsh jurisdiction has contributed to the Bill's complexity.
Not entirely. Mr Crabb has indicated for some time now that he was open to changes to the Bill.
And Sunday's conclusions by the Welsh Affairs committee may lead some to think he had little room for manoeuvre.
But there had been no indication Mr Crabb would drop the necessity test entirely.
It is a little too early to say for definite.
Mr Jones did not appear to jump for joy - he said it was "an avoidable delay to clear up an avoidable mess".
But he did say there was an opportunity, "if the will is truly there", to repair the damage done by a flawed process.
That is a good question. This is about how Wales makes its laws and governs itself.
If the people we elect are unhappy with the system they have in front of them it could get in the way of everything else the assembly members are meant to be doing - health and education for instance.
And it is a chance too for those boring, snoring constitutional questions to be cleared away, at least for a time.
The delay does mean that, for now, nothing changes in terms of the kind of laws that the assembly can make.
Promised new powers for the Welsh government may take longer than originally intended.
But the colour of the pavement will not change because the Wales Bill will not be passed before the summer and the wheels of Welsh government will continue to turn. | The Wales Bill has dominated the nation's politics since its publication in draft last autumn. |
35,351,615 | The firm will reduce rates paid to agencies for offshore and onshore workers by 7.5% from 8 February.
The move will affect about 830 contract workers.
In a statement, Amec Foster Wheeler said it had taken the decision in the face of "challenging times" for the industry.
The oil price has fallen dramatically over the past year, forcing many companies working in the sector to cut costs.
At least 65,000 jobs are estimated to have been lost in the North Sea in little over a year.
On Monday, Brent crude fell as low as $27.67 a barrel, its lowest since 2003, before recovering to trade at $28.86.
Alan Johnstone, from Amec Foster Wheeler, said: "The industry continues to face challenging times and after much consideration, we have taken the difficult decision to reduce contractor rates.
"We are determined to keep our business and the industry sustainable for the long term and this is just one of many measures to address cost and efficiency.
"We are committed to continually improving the way we work and our cost base so we can offer our customers cost effective services whilst strengthening the UKCS as an attractive long term market for the future." | Oil and gas services company Amec Foster Wheeler has announced plans to cut pay rates for hundreds of Aberdeen-based contract workers. |
35,803,913 | The Wales forward, 26, hit the post and had a strike disallowed before tapping in his 43rd goal in the Spanish top flight, beating Gary Lineker's tally.
Madrid led through Karim Benzema's wonderful half-volley, before Sevilla's Kevin Gameiro missed a penalty.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Jese, either side of Bale's goal, sealed the win.
However, despite producing one of their best performances in recent weeks, Zinedine Zidane's side are still 10 points adrift of arch-rivals Barcelona in the title race.
Relive a dramatic night at the Bernabeu
Bale has become a firm favourite at the Bernabeu since his world record £85m move from Tottenham in September 2013, scoring his 43 league goals at an impressive rate.
Despite suffering with several injuries since arriving, Bale's strike-rate has not suffered - netting more than once every two games in his 76 La Liga appearances so far.
There had been a slight doubt over whether he would even start Sunday's game against sixth-placed Sevilla.
Bale will miss Wales' two friendly games next week because of fitness concerns and the impending birth of his second child.
But not only did he play, he outshone Ronaldo and Benzema in a full-strength Real attack.
Bale looked sharp from the start, his pace and movement causing problems for the Sevilla defence, and teeing up Benzema's stunning opener.
After seeing Sevilla's inspired keeper Sergio Rico tip his drive onto the post and then wrongly being ruled to have strayed offside when he converted Ronaldo's header, he finally passed ex-Barcelona and England striker Lineker's tally after the break with a simple finish from six yards.
And when the Welshman was withdrawn after 70 minutes, the Bernabeu crowd responded with a standing ovation.
More to follow. | Gareth Bale became the leading British goalscorer in La Liga history as Real Madrid thumped Sevilla in an action-packed match at the Bernabeu. |
36,588,271 | Ben Smith, 34, had completed 284 consecutive marathons in 284 days when he developed an umbilical hernia, in Aberdeen, on 10 June.
He set off from Inverness at 10:00 BST after medical care and following advice to "take time out and recuperate".
Mr Smith said he would use "everything in his power to be back on the road".
Since 1 September 2015, he had run 284 consecutive marathons in 284 days, covering 7,440.8 miles across 222 different locations across England, Wales and Scotland.
He said he would now need to cover an extra 2.5 miles a day for the next 106 days to make up for the time lost through injury - missing 10 days of running equates to 262 miles.
He said: "I was very upset the challenge had to be suspended especially when you think of all the hard work myself and the 401 team have put in over the last three years.
"Today I am feeling positive in both my mental and physical state and will no doubt use everything in my power to be back on the road."
He praised the "amazing" 401 team and said they would "deliver all the objectives we set out to do".
Mr Smith hopes to raise £250,000 for the anti-bullying charities, Stonewall and Kidscape.
The aim is to finish the run as planned on 5 October in Bristol. | A man who pledged to run 401 marathons in 401 days has resumed the challenge after 11 days off, recovering from a back injury. |
31,147,282 | Both the US and British governments, of course, dispute this.
Beyond that, the MPs say Britain can and should be doing more than what the report describes as the "striking modest" contribution so far - a small force of Tornado bombers and Reaper drones, and a few trainers and advisers on the ground.
The MPs insists that they are not advocating conventional Western combat forces on the ground.
But they suggest Britain could step up its contribution to the air campaign, and perhaps use more special forces.
They also want more effort from Britain to develop its own analysis and strategy, rather than just "sign-up" to the American campaign.
In addition, they want Britain to respond to Iraqi requests for more training, including to counter Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).
And they suggest that there should be more use of particular British expertise and experience in the region, to help with analysis and planning, to restructure the Iraqi Kurdish forces who are taking on IS fighters, and to contribute more on the diplomatic front in the region.
In some ways, none of this is dramatic stuff. And the government would argue that it is weighing up further British contributions now.
And yet the doubts and criticisms remain.
In part that is because everybody agrees that this is a very difficult challenge to confront.
The MPs contrast what they see as the level of political rhetoric on the threat posed by IS with the level of effort being put in now to combating, but also how limited that is relative to the scale of the military campaign last time.
But in Washington and London, officials argue that this is a different kind of enemy this time, and that they have learned the lessons of last time.
Hence, for example, a campaign of air strikes that is not on the same scale as previous ones.
There is also an insistence that the air campaign is only a small part of the equation.
And there is general agreement that Western combat boots on the ground are not a good idea.
It is acknowledged that that is partly because of deep public and political reluctance in the West.
The key elements are getting Iraqi, Kurdish, and moderate Syrian opposition forces into shape to take on IS fighters themselves.
The support of key regional players is seen as vital. And, ultimately, there must be political change in Iraq and Syria to choke off IS support.
Washington talks about 60 or so countries across the globe being involved in the anti-IS coalition in some way or another - for example, in trying to choke off IS funding.
But the key players are a much smaller group, including those involved directly in military action.
Air strikes began in August - the Americans joined by Britain, France, and a handful of other Western countries in Iraq, and by Jordan and a number of Gulf Arab state in Syria.
US and British officials insist that they have in part halted and even reversed some IS advances.
But the key question now in Washington, London, and other capitals, is what more to do to help rebuild the weak Iraqi, Kurdish, and moderate Syrian opposition forces - how much support, for how long, and how many Western personnel will be needed?
Then there will have to be the political change in Iraq and Syria.
Some doubt whether these parts of the jigsaw can be put together.
There is the suspicion of "mission creep".
Then there are the strains within the coalition - with Turkey, for example, and between some Arab members of the coalition.
And Iran is a key player, but not - as far as the Americans are concerned - part of the coalition.
All this is why there remain these question marks over whether there is a clear anti-IS strategy that is realistic and workable. | In some ways, the latest House of Commons Defence Committee report on the campaign against so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria echoes the criticism that has dogged the overall US-led effort from the start: that there is no clear-cut strategy. |
14,066,043 | The development with Llangollen Hotels has led to the immediate closure of the Wynnstay Arms in Wrexham and the Fantastic Fun Houses in Mold and Wrexham.
Staff at the hotel and children's play centres were sent home on Thursday.
Ms Booth's other hotels and the Mclaren's Leisure Complex in Oswestry will continue trading as normal.
A spokesman for Ms Booth said she is using her own money to ensure all staff have been paid.
"Following a winding-up petition issued by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, Llangollen Hotels expects to be placed in administration later today or tomorrow," said the spokesman.
"This has necessitated the immediate closure of leased premises as a default on rent is unavoidable."
He added that all deposits and bookings were safeguarded whilst the company works with auditors KPMG to find a long-term solution.
In 2009, Ms Booth appeared in BBC Wales fly-on-the-wall documentary series Hotel Stephanie showing her cope with the day-to-day problems of managing six hotels in north east Wales during the recession.
In recent months she has been linked with a takeover of Wrexham football club, before withdrawing from the process in May.
She took over the Wynnstay Arms, which is a well-known Wrexham landmark, in April 2010. The new proprietor "guaranteed" the workforce their jobs would be safe.
Promising to spend at least £1m in the first year, Ms Booth said she wanted to restore the historic Grade II listed hotel to its "past glories".
The Georgian building, formerly known as the Eagles Inn, was where the Jacobite society, the Circle of the White Rose met in the 18th Century, including members of the prominent Williams-Wynn family of Wynnstay.
The Football Association of Wales was founded at a meeting at the hotel in 1876, and there is a plaque to mark the occasion.
The facade of the hotel is protected, after a campaign to save it from demolition in the 1960s. | A chain of hotels run by businesswoman Stephanie Booth has gone into administration. |
38,009,307 | The 82-year-old singer's death was "sudden, unexpected and peaceful", Robert B Kory said in a statement.
No cause was given by the family when Cohen's death was announced last week.
The statement said that Cohen died on 7 November - three days before an announcement was made to the public. He was buried in Montreal on 10 November.
"With only immediate family and a few lifelong friends present, he was lowered into the ground in an unadorned pine box, next to his mother and father,'' the singer's son Adam Cohen wrote last week.
Leonard Cohen's representatives say a memorial in Los Angeles is being planned.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau led worldwide tributes to the singer, who was known for songs including Hallelujah, Suzanne, Bird on the Wire and I'm Your Man.
He released his 14th album, You Want It Darker, just last month. | Canadian singer, songwriter and poet Leonard Cohen died in his sleep after falling during the night at his Los Angeles home, his manager has said. |
40,098,191 | The pair will take charge of the Welsh Premier League champions for their forthcoming Champions League campaign.
TNS owner Mike Harris hopes Ruscoe and Evans will be permanent replacements, but says one of them must complete their coaching qualifications.
"Scott or Steve will have to find a Pro Licence course somewhere," Harris said.
The Uefa Professional Licence is a mandatory qualification for anyone wishing to manage a football club in national leagues within Europe.
"We're hoping the FAW [Football Association of Wales] may have another course to run and they get selected for it," Harris added.
"If they don't we'll have to find someone else around Europe, because one of the things the club prides itself on is our succession planning.
"Scott and Steve Evans have been in situ for two to three seasons so that as and when that day came [Harrison left], the club wasn't having to scrabble around trying to find someone in an emergency."
Harris revealed that he has had plenty of applications from outside the club for the vacant manager's post, but for the moment is happy to give Ruscoe and Evans their chance. | Coaches Scott Ruscoe and Steve Evans have been put in interim charge of The New Saints after manager Craig Harrison left to take over Hartlepool United. |
40,869,434 | Saints winger Regan Grace opened the scoring inside four minutes with an acrobatic finish in a game of few clear-cut chances due to bad weather.
Sneyd converted his own solo effort to level the scores just before the half-time break.
With few openings, Sneyd took a chance for two from the halfway line and his kick sailed over to snatch the win.
Grace will rue the chances he had to extend his team's lead after scoring the opening try in the first half, as he knocked on 20 metres out, before dropping a pass from Theo Fages in open space later on.
Sneyd's brilliant kick kept Hull in third place in the Super 8s table, while St Helens are fifth, one point behind fourth-placed Wakefield Trinity.
Hull FC head coach Lee Radford:
"That's one of our most significant wins of the season bar none.
"We had to win ugly and I was pleased when the heavens opened up because then I knew they were going to play with a bar of soap.
"Unfortunately it made for a really bad spectacle of a game but that is the biggest win we've had this year."
St Helens head coach Justin Holbrook:
"They dropped as much ball as us. Unfortunately it was one of the worst games of rugby league I have been involved in.
"I felt sorry for you guys and the fans for watching it. I was glad it wasn't on TV as it was embarrassing.
"There wasn't much in it and a 50-metre penalty goal was the difference. We didn't play well enough to get the victory."
St Helens: Lomax, Makinson, Morgan, Percival, Grace, Fages, Richardson, McCarthy-Scarsbrook, Roby, Thompson, Taia, Peyroux, Wilkin
Replacements: Smith, Walmsley, Amor, Knowles
Hull FC: Connor, Griffin, Thompson, Tuimavave, Michaels, Kelly, Sneyd, Taylor, Houghton, Watts, Turgut, Manu, Ellis
Replacements: Green, Washbrook, Fash, Matongo
Referee: James Child | Marc Sneyd's boot secured Hull a narrow victory in a scrappy game at St Helens in Super League. |
35,699,104 | About 82% of drug-related deaths in the island involved prescription drugs between 2002 and 2011, figures from the Community Drug and Alcohol Team showed.
Only 14% of deaths involved heroin, and none involved cocaine or amphetamines.
Andrea Nightingale said drug abusers would always try to find an alternative if their choice drug was unavailable.
She told the BBC: "They will look to use an alternative and this is where the abuse of prescription drugs can be a temptation."
Prescription drugs include methadone, tramadol, fentanyl and anti-depressants.
Greg Lydall, consultant psychiatrist for the Community Drug and Alcohol Team, said: "If you seek drug treatment in the UK there is a greater than 90% chance you will be using heroin or crack cocaine but there is very little of that in Guernsey.
"Our patients who are dependent on drugs tended to be dependent on pharmaceutical drugs, particularly addictive potent painkillers and sedative drugs."
In England and Wales, 50% of drug-related deaths involved prescription drugs between 2002 and 2011, while 29% involved heroin, according to the Office for National Statistics.
States prescribing officer Geraldine O'Riordan said doctors in Guernsey had "halved" the prescription of opioid analgesics, a strong form of pain relief drug, in five years.
Guernsey's community drug and alcohol team is currently dealing with about 200 referrals a year. | Guernsey's hard line on illegal drugs is fuelling the black market for prescription drugs, a drugs and alcohol strategy coordinator has said. |
38,575,255 | All pupils at Redhill Academy in Arnold, Nottinghamshire, must wear trousers and skirts with the school logo on from September.
It said some clothes sold as schoolwear were not "appropriate" and pupils should look "consistent" in appearance.
But the new garments cost between £16 and £19 each, and parents say they will struggle to afford them.
Sharon Turton, who has a son and daughter at the school, said the change was going to cost her "a fortune".
"It's more than double what we are currently paying for one pair," she said.
"You don't buy just one pair of school trousers. You always buy two or three pairs to allow for dirt, damage or whatever."
The petition has been signed by about 500 people.
It states: "Not all children will conform to the sizes but most importantly the price is extortionate.
"Lower income families currently struggle with uniform costs.
"The board cannot expect these families to pay more, just for a logo."
The skirts and trousers can only be bought from one approved supplier, which already supplies the school's blazers and ties.
The school said the new skirts and trousers were better quality than items sold on the high street.
"They have already been adopted in some of our other Redhill Trust schools and feedback from parents has been extremely positive on the issues of durability and value for money," the school said in a statement.
"Retailers are not always helpful to parents in this regard by promoting a wide array of styles and fabrics as 'schoolwear' when in our opinion they are not necessarily appropriate for school for any number of reasons." | A petition against a school's "extortionate" new uniform policy has been signed by hundreds of parents. |
36,828,905 | Symons left his national role in July 2015, midway through their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign, to concentrate on his job as Fulham manager, but has since been sacked.
Former Wales international Tony Roberts, currently at Swansea City, will replace Martyn Margetson as Wales' goalkeeping coach.
Margetson is leaving his Wales role to work for England and Sam Allardyce.
Paul Trollope has relinquished the role that Symons is retaking in order to concentrate on managing Cardiff City in the Championship.
Trollope succeeded Russell Slade as Cardiff boss in May.
Symons, 45, a former Portsmouth, Manchester City, Crystal Palace and Fulham defender had been Coleman's assistant on a match-by-match basis since 2012.
After being sacked by Fulham in November 2015, Symons was part of Coleman's scouting team at the European Championships in France, where Wales reached the semi-finals.
Wales begin their 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign at home to Moldova on 5 September in Cardiff. | Kit Symons has returned to the Wales coaching set-up under Chris Coleman. |
36,414,553 | Having built on their first-innings lead to reach 77-3 second time around overnight, that rapidly became 89-6.
But, led by Liam Plunkett (57) and Adil Rashid (34), they rallied to post 236.
The County Championship leaders then reached 41-1, for the loss of Tom Smith, when bad light ended play early.
Yorkshire's first home Roses match victory since 2001 was starting to look less likely early on in the day after Adam Lyth (48) had his leg-stump uprooted by Wagner, nightwatchman Steve Patterson edged Smith to stand-in wicketkeeper Steven Croft and home skipper Andrew Gale was caught at short leg.
But, not for the first time, the Tykes were rescued by their tail, first-innings half-centurion Rashid putting on 41 with Tim Bresnan before adding a further 74 under the floodlights with Plunkett.
Lancashire were handicapped by the loss of paceman Tom Bailey, who injured his side in the first innings, but Wagner came up with his second four-wicket haul of the match.
The South African's 4-71, on top of his first-innings 4-75, takes him to 28 wickets this season, to join Lancashire team-mate Kyle Jarvis as the Division One's leading wicket-takers.
In the 23.2 overs possible before bad light ended play for the day, Lancashire openers Smith and Haseeb Hameed survived 13 of them.
But, after Smith drove Patterson gently to Plunkett at short cover, Luke Procter kept Hameed company until they went off with 16.4 overs remaining.
Yorkshire coach Jason Gillespie confirmed after the close of play that Australia coach Darren Lehmann had visited his home for a chat over the weekend - but that he had not been offered any job with Cricket Australia and would not be putting in any application for any post.
Yorkshire coach Jason Gillespie:
"Rashid, Bresnan and Plunkett got us out of a very tight spot.
"Lancashire are a good competitive side and it has been a tough battle.
"But that is what you expect from a Roses clash. It is a good challenge for us."
Lancashire paceman Neil Wagner:
"We had to fight very hard in tough conditions but we are still in with a chance if we can do the hard work.
"We knew we had to put everything into the morning session and that the ball would move around under the floodlights, but Yorkshire batted very well and all credit to them.
"I was pretty chuffed to take eight wickets in the game - or I will be if we go on and win it. I like to bowl aggressively and do it for long spells, not tail off after five or 10 overs." | Yorkshire are in line to win only their second Roses match in 25 years after recovering from a worrying morning wobble to set Lancashire an improbable target of 349 to win at Headingley. |
25,421,841 | I was given a sneak preview - details of group visits will be available on the Vatican museums website.
You enter the ancient Roman world of the dead through a small unmarked steel door next to the Vatican's telephone exchange. Descending a short flight of steps, you find yourself in a well-lit basement area, on a narrow metal walkway which zigzags above the remains of hundreds of individual tombs and tiny stone mausoleums.
They date back to the period between the 1st Century AD, during the reign of the Emperor Augustus, and the 4th Century AD, when the Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity.
Constantine built the first church on the site where Saint Peter's Basilica now stands. Saint Peter himself, the first pope, was buried - according to tradition - in the vicinity of the Basilica.
A few whitened skeletons lie in hollow open graves, but most of the people buried here were cremated, and their bones and ashes were placed inside terracotta jars and urns.
This is emphatically not a Christian burial ground. In fact archaeologists found none of the Christian symbols - the anchor, or the cross or the dove commonly seen in the Roman Catacombs, the tunnelled caverns which honeycomb parts of Rome's outskirts, and which are visited by tens of thousands of Christian pilgrims every year.
Today's Vatican City was an area where middle-class people - many of them freed slaves in the service of the emperor - chose to be buried. Tomb inscriptions in Latin or occasional portraits in stone give us a vivid idea of how they looked and sometimes what they did for a living.
Alcimus was an architect employed as a set designer at Pompey's theatre. He is depicted on his tomb with his tools - a set square and a plumb line.
One Tiberius Claudius Optatus looked after the private office of the emperor.
A famous local jockey called Clemente rode for the "Blues" team in one of the many Roman stadiums where horse and chariot races were held.
A sculptor, Tiberius Claudius Thesmus, had a portrait of himself sculpting a bust on his tomb with his dog watching by his side.
One of the most touching funerary sculptures is that of a nameless small boy slave lying asleep, a lantern by his side, waiting to accompany his master through the dark alleys of Rome. He was a servus lanternarus, one of the lantern carriers employed by many well-to-do families to light their way when they went out at night.
Average life span in ancient Rome was short. Scientific tests on the human remains found in the cemetery, carried out by Vatican technicians, reveal that few of the people buried here reached the age of 40. They usually had bad teeth, indicating poverty and a diet with insufficient protein.
There are tombs of many children who died in infancy. One, belonging to a well-to-do family called the Natronii, lived exactly four years, four months and 10 days. He was given the nickname Venustus ("pretty boy") by his grieving mother Natronia Symphyle and his portrait shows a beautiful, sad face.
The cemetery lay outside Rome's city walls, at the junction of two important roads, the Via Triumphalis and Via Clodia, leading north and west out of the city. Romans used to bury their dead alongside the main exit roads.
Wealthy Romans built massive private tombs, some of which still survive today. along the Via Appia, the road leading south towards Naples and Brindisi.
It was an area full of parks and gardens, not unlike those inside Vatican City today. A nearby racetrack was built by an emperor for training charioteers.
After the conversion of the first Christian emperor, Constantine, to Christianity at the beginning of the 4th Century AD, the Vatican cemetery appears to have been abandoned. Much of it was covered by mudslides, which accounts for its excellent state of preservation after so many centuries. | An ancient Roman cemetery discovered under a Vatican City car park 60 years ago is to be opened to the public early in 2014. |
34,930,997 | Guto Bebb's comments follow yesterday's Spending Review with the money S4C receives from the UK government set to be cut from ??6.7m to ??5m by 2019.
The Aberconwy MP said it sent a "very negative message" about the party's commitment to the Welsh language.
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport said the cut was "in line with savings being made elsewhere".
The channel receives the bulk of its money from the BBC licence fee.
Its funding reduced from ??101m in 2009 to ??82.8m in 2014/15.
Mr Bebb told BBC Radio Wales: "The financial sum in question is not significant although in the context of S4C's budget, any cut is now problematic, but it does send a very negative message.
"In terms of sending a signal to people who care about the Welsh language, who care about culture, who care about media plurality in a Welsh context, I think yesterday was a missed opportunity."
A DCMS spokesman said the budget cut represented a "modest reduction in S4C's overall funding".
TAC, the trade body for independent TV production companies in Wales, called the settlement disappointing.
Chairman Iestyn Garlick said: "We are disappointed that despite what the chancellor said in his statement about the economic importance of the creative industries, the government has not listened to the argument that S4C's funding is not sustainable without further investment.
"It is unfortunate that such a culturally and economically important institution is being gradually undermined by a constant decrease in real-terms funding."
S4C Authority chairman Huw Jones said it was "inevitable that cuts of this nature will have implications for the range and diversity of the service that we provide and for our ability to take advantage of new opportunities". | A Conservative MP has criticised cuts on Welsh broadcaster S4C's funding by his party at Westminster. |
39,920,710 | After a rain delay, Shiv Thakor top-scored with 60 as Derbyshire reached 209-8 from their allotted 36 overs.
Set a revised 218 from 36 overs on the Duckworth-Lewis method, Tom Kohler-Cadmore (63) and Daryl Mitchell (67) helped the visitors to a strong start.
Ed Barnard and Ross Whiteley then got them home with 24 balls to spare to secure a sixth win from eight matches.
Derbyshire, who could not qualify for the knockout stages following Sunday's defeat by Leicestershire, were put into bat and reached 34-1 after 10.3 overs before rain struck.
After play resumed at 17:00 BST with the game reduced to 36 overs per side, Barnard (3-37) and captain Joe Leach (2-43) helped Worcestershire take regular wickets to restrict the home side to 5.8 runs per over.
Australia spinner Nathan Lyon took 1-31 on his Worcestershire debut, after arriving as cover for compatriot John Hastings, who is now part of Australia's Champions Trophy squad for the next month.
Openers Kohler-Cadmore and Mitchell then broke the back of the chase with an opening stand of 90, before contributions from Tom Fell (24) and Brett D'Oliveira (18) helped them on their way, despite Hardus Viljoen's taking 3-55 with the ball.
Derbyshire fast bowler Hardus Viljoen told BBC Radio Derby:
"We are a young team. We've shown in patches in this competition that we can play good cricket but we are also still learning.
"You need to strike up front early on but the guy who scored 63 came in and played a knock out of his socks.
"That is going to happen. You can't take any credit away from him. He played well."
Worcestershire director of cricket Steve Rhodes told BBC Hereford & Worcester:
"I'm delighted for the players and the staff who put in the work and time to try and get that home semi-final.
"It's going to be a nice pay-day for the club and I'm very proud of what the team have done in finishing top of the group,
"We're a small club and we like to play our young academy players. We don't venture off too much with the non-English players and it's a nice feeling to finish top." | Worcestershire secured top spot in the One-Day Cup North Group and a home semi-final with a win over Derbyshire. |
40,523,017 | Mother-of-nine Katherine Cox, 33, and boyfriend Danny Shepherd, 25, deny causing or allowing Eli Cox's death.
Sam Holmes told Maidstone Crown Court that when he arrived at their Minster home "lots of adults were running around not knowing what to do".
The jury also heard how the couple had delayed the departure of the ambulance.
Mr Holmes said he had to repeatedly ask them to get into the ambulance with the baby.
"It took a while. They were running around asking for keys. I had to repeat it three times," he added.
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Paramedic David Goodale told the jury that he also had to "ask several times for the family to get into the ambulance".
When asked by prosecutor Jennifer Knight what else he remembered of that day, he said that Ms Cox was on her phone "throughout the journey" to the hospital.
"I feel when we were asking her questions about the background of Eli she wasn't quite giving them. Danny gave us his history."
Mr Goodale said he was told by Mr Shepherd that "Eli had been unwell, he had vomited, he vomited again and went blue".
"He said he tried to blow into his mouth," he told the jury.
When asked if he remembered "seeing or smelling vomit on Eli's clothes", Mr Goodale replied: "No. There were no signs of vomit."
The court heard that paramedics spotted small red marks on the baby's cheeks, which Mr Shepherd told them were caused by Eli scratching himself with his finger nails.
Ms Cox's son Eli died in hospital on 27 April 2016, two weeks after the incident in Kent.
A neighbour of the couple, Mary Anne Davies, who is also trained in first aid, told the court that she had to "chase" Ms Cox into the ambulance.
"Any mother would have gone, just gone," she recalled.
She added that she also remembered hearing Mr Shepherd say: "Watch me get the blame for this."
Post-mortem examinations showed Eli's death was caused by a head injury of a "shaking or shaking impact type".
He also had oxygen deprivation to his brain, a brain injury, bruises at the back of his head and fractures dating back weeks before his death.
The court heard a hair sample showed he had been "regularly exposed to amphetamine and occasionally exposed to cocaine".
The trial continues. | An ambulance technician has told the trial of a couple accused of causing the death of a five-month-old boy how he was met with "complete panic". |
38,987,369 | The 26-year-old previously spent four years in Sweden with Eskilstuna United, who she captained last season.
"I'm really excited to have signed for Notts, it's a great club with lots of history," she told Notts' club website.
Manager Rick Passmoor added: "Louise brings with her a wealth of experience, including Champions League football." | Women's Super League One club Notts County Ladies have signed Republic of Ireland centre-back Louise Quinn, subject to international clearance. |
39,861,667 | Sophie, from Whitstable, detailed her struggles for a BBC animated film as part of Mental Health Awareness week.
She is still on a waiting list for specialist support from the Kent and Medway NHS trust months later.
The chief executive has written to Sophie offering her "personal and unreserved apology".
In 2016, Sophie - who was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder - tried to kill herself three times in one week and was admitted to hospital each time.
She was discharged shortly afterwards with no support.
Sophie, who is in her early 20s, said the first thing the consultant said to her was: "We're discharging you."
She was told it would be six months before she got any help.
"I've totally given up. It doesn't feel like I'm every going to get any treatment," Sophie said.
In a letter to Sophie, trust chief executive Helen Greatorex said: "It is not right or fair that people in distress (as you were) feel unsupported by mental health services.
"My letter to you Sophie, therefore has two purposes," she wrote.
"The first is to offer you my personal and unreserved apology that your experience of services was not what we would want for anyone.
"The second is to say that we completely agree that things need to change, and as you can see, we are working on those changes now."
Ms Greatorex said the trust was working to develop a new strategy to help people such as Sophie and has invited her to talk to senior managers to help shape changes to the service. | A woman who was discharged from hospital shortly after trying to kill herself three times in one week has been offered an apology from the trust. |
38,532,484 | Hannah James, who is originally from Fraserburgh, was accused by her husband Jassim Alhaddar of having in affair.
But her mother Shelley James insisted she was the victim of domestic abuse and that her passport had been burned.
She said the adultery claims were only made because Ms James, 26, wanted to leave the Middle Eastern country.
Ms James spent a month behind bars before being released, but she has been told she cannot leave Bahrain "because of legal reasons".
Her mother had set up a JustGiving crowdfunding page in a bid to raise £2,500 to fly Ms James home.
Writing on the page recently, Mrs James said: "Things became very difficult for her as she was suffering from domestic violence.
"This became worse day-by-day.
"Hannah James finally made the decision to leave him and Bahrain with her son with support and help from her family. He made it impossible for her to leave as he burnt her passport.
"He then went to the police and accused her of having an affair, so she is and has been in Bahrain prison for one month now, and is looking at a sentence between 1-5 years on the grounds of adultery."
The Foreign Office has now confirmed Ms James has been released from prison but it is understood she has not yet been allowed to leave the country.
Mrs James said she had been in touch with the British Embassy in Bahrain but accused them of being "no help at all".
A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: "We are providing support to a British woman following her arrest in Bahrain.
"We remain in contact with both her family and with the Bahraini authorities." | An Aberdeenshire woman jailed in Bahrain for alleged adultery has been released following a campaign by her mother. |
37,959,156 | Wimbledon's 5-0 victory in their FA Cup first-round replay on Tuesday cost Bury boss David Flitcroft his job but the caretaker duo of Chris Brass and Ryan Kidd fared no better.
Three goals in three minutes midway through the first half killed the game off, the first coming when Dominic Poleon cut the ball back for Chris Whelpdale to divert home.
Less than 60 seconds later Poleon drove forward and fired an unstoppable long-range shot into the net before the forward turned provider again as he squared for Tom Elliott to make it 3-0.
In the 36th minute Bury's Niall Maher fouled George Francomb in the box and the midfielder converted the resulting penalty, although James Vaughan nodded in Danny Mayor's cross before the break to get the Shakers on the board.
But Francomb made it 5-1 just before the hour by calmly slotting Elliott's cross into the bottom corner.
Report supplied by Press Association.
Match ends, AFC Wimbledon 5, Bury 1.
Second Half ends, AFC Wimbledon 5, Bury 1.
Attempt saved. Jacob Mellis (Bury) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Tom Pope (Bury) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jake Reeves (AFC Wimbledon).
Attempt missed. Chris Whelpdale (AFC Wimbledon) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Corner, AFC Wimbledon. Conceded by Neil Danns.
Foul by Dean Parrett (AFC Wimbledon).
George Miller (Bury) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Tyrone Barnett (AFC Wimbledon) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, AFC Wimbledon. Conceded by Niall Maher.
Lyle Taylor (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Greg Leigh (Bury).
Attempt missed. Dean Parrett (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from long range on the left is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
Tyrone Barnett (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Leon Barnett (Bury) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Leon Barnett (Bury).
Seth Owens (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Tom Pope (Bury).
Attempt saved. Jake Reeves (AFC Wimbledon) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Dean Parrett (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Tom Soares (Bury).
Attempt blocked. Jacob Mellis (Bury) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Jacob Mellis (Bury) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Substitution, AFC Wimbledon. Tyrone Barnett replaces Tom Elliott.
Substitution, AFC Wimbledon. Lyle Taylor replaces Dominic Poleon.
Substitution, AFC Wimbledon. Will Nightingale replaces Paul Robinson.
Attempt saved. Leon Barnett (Bury) header from very close range is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Corner, Bury. Conceded by Paul Robinson.
Substitution, Bury. George Miller replaces James Vaughan because of an injury.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match James Vaughan (Bury) because of an injury.
Substitution, Bury. Tom Pope replaces Hallam Hope.
Substitution, Bury. Neil Danns replaces Andrew Tutte.
Corner, Bury. Conceded by Chris Robertson.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match James Vaughan (Bury) because of an injury.
Foul by Tom Elliott (AFC Wimbledon).
James Vaughan (Bury) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Paul Robinson (AFC Wimbledon) hits the left post with a header from the centre of the box. | AFC Wimbledon enjoyed a first-half blitz as they thrashed Bury for the second time in four days to extend the Shakers' winless run to 12 games. |
35,482,561 | The 24-year-old, who went on loan to Rotherham this term after injury, has played eight times since his return.
"We've got a (12-month) option on him (in the summer) and clearly I'm going to take that up," said McCarthy.
"We are in negotiations with him about a new contract. Whether he's happy with what we've offered him I don't know - Marcus (Evans) is dealing with it."
Hyam, who has made 105 league appearances for Ipswich, played in Tuesday's 2-1 victory over Reading which lifted Town into the Championship play-offs, with Brett Pitman's 89th-minute winner securing the Portman Road win.
"We worked unbelievably hard and scrapped and fought for everything," McCarthy told BBC Radio Suffolk of his side's performance.
"That was one of our hardest games all season, physically. We didn't play particularly well but we were playing against a really good team full of quality Championship players.
"All the things I talk about, resilience, determination and endurance, that is sometimes much maligned because people and I want sexy football - but it's not always a league you can do it in.
"As I've found over my 24 years doing it, you tend to get more out of it with all those physical, tough qualities than you do with just wanting to be a nice football team." | Ipswich are in talks with midfielder Luke Hyam over a new contract, according to boss Mick McCarthy. |
39,392,683 | Speaking in Llandudno, he said debt did not stop Clement Attlee's post-war Labour government from reforms, including creating the National Health Service and building council homes.
Mr Corbyn - whose party has been riven with rows since his election - also made a plea for Labour unity.
"United we stand, divided we fall," he said.
Following Mr Corbyn's speech First Minister Carwyn Jones told conference Labour will scrap child burial fees in Wales.
Mr Corbyn, whose appearance at conference was delayed by an hour, said: "As any homeowner who has ever had a mortgage knows, taking on a huge debt can save you money in the long run.
"We should not be afraid of debt or borrowing.
"At the end of the Second World War the Labour government of Clement Attlee didn't say, oh dear, debt is 250% of GDP, let's park those grand ideas about public ownership, a national health service, building council homes, or creating the protection of social security.
"No, they built a country to be proud of. They established the institutions that made out country fairer, more equal, and stopped people being held back, because of the poverty of where they were born."
He urged the Conservatives to "stop dithering" and start investing.
The Labour Party leader said what Labour had achieved in Wales "stands as a beacon... that shines a light on the Tories abject failure, socially, economically and morally".
He reeled off a list of devolved policies for praise, telling delegates that Wales the only country in the UK to show an improvement in ambulance response times.
Mr Corbyn said Labour would build homes, make the minimum wage £10 an hour by 2020 and repeal the UK government Trade Union Act.
At the end of his speech, Mr Corbyn said: "It's quite simple - united we stand divided we fall.
"And united I believe this great party can do things together to achieve for the people that need Labour councils and, above all, need a Labour government and a society based on social justice and equality, not greed and inequality."
Mr Corbyn, however, slipped up by referring to Llandudno as being in Denbighshire when it is in the county of Conwy.
The conference opened on Saturday with a minute's silence following Wednesday's terror attack in Westminster.
Welsh Labour chair Donna Hutton said: "I know that all our thoughts are with the victims, their families, their friends and their colleagues." | We should not be afraid of debt or borrowing, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has told his Welsh party conference. |
29,581,728 | The Kurds repulsed a pre-dawn attack and still control the town's border crossing point with Turkey.
Correspondents say the crossing point is a vital supply and exit route.
The Pentagon reports that US planes have been bombing IS targets to the north and south of Kobane since Friday.
US and other aircraft from the international coalition also carried out air strikes on IS targets inside Iraq as well as dropping supplies to Iraqi government forces at Baiji, where Iraq's biggest oil refinery is located.
In Iraq's Anbar province, officials reportedly made an urgent appeal for military help against IS.
As the sounds of battle continued on Saturday, haze and dust obscured Kobane, making air strikes more difficult but not impossible, the BBC's Quentin Sommerville said in a tweet from the Syria-Turkey border.
The Kurdish militiamen have pushed back the latest IS advance but the militants are being easily resupplied from the south and the east and are able to launch further attacks, our correspondent says.
Amid the sound of gunfire, black plumes of smoke could be seen rising from the south and west of the town, another foreign journalist at the scene, Derek Henry Flood, tweeted.
According to the Pentagon, the new US air strikes on IS targets at Kobane hit an IS fighting position, damaged a command and control facility, destroyed a staging building; struck two small units of fighters; and destroyed three lorries.
Several hundred civilians are still believed to be in Kobane. UN envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura has warned they could be massacred by IS if the town falls.
Since the IS offensive against Kobane began in mid-September, some 500 people have been killed and up to 200,000 have fled across the border into Turkey.
Mr de Mistura called on Turkey to allow Kurdish volunteers to cross into Syria with equipment "to be able to enter the city to contribute to a self-defence operation".
Turkey has ranged its military forces on the border but has so far ruled out any ground operation on its own, and has refused to allow Kurds in Turkey to cross the border to fight.
Accusing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of inaction, Kurdish refugees from Kobane told Reuters news agency they feared they would be unable to return to their homes.
"If the United States helps us, we could return," said one. "If the United States is willing to help, not like Erdogan, we could return today."
At least 20,000 Kurds living in Germany have marched in the city of Duesseldorf to highlight the threat to Kurds in Kobane.
US and Dutch aircraft attacked IS targets near the towns of Tal Afar and Hit in northern Iraq, the Pentagon said in a statement.
In the operation in the Baiji area, food, water and ammunition were dropped to Iraqi security forces.
At least 14 people died in violence in Iraq on Saturday: four injured soldiers were killed when their ambulance was attacked in a "friendly fire" incident near Baquba while a suicide bomber killed at least seven people in a market in Meshahda, near Baghdad.
In Anbar, the provincial council asked for US ground troops to help fight IS, the Dubai-based Iraqi TV channel Al-Sharqiyah reports.
The vice-president of the council, Faleh al-Issawi, warned Anbar could "fall in 10 days".
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has repeatedly ruled out any foreign ground troops in Iraq.
IS fighters control large stretches of territory in Syria and Iraq. The group is known for its brutal tactics, including mass killings, abductions of members of religious and ethnic minorities, and the beheadings of soldiers and journalists. | The Kurdish defenders of the Syrian border town of Kobane have held back advancing Islamic State fighters, with the US supplying air support. |
40,339,330 | A senior DUP source said the party could not be "taken for granted" - adding that if the PM could not reach a deal, "what does that mean for bigger negotiations she is involved in?"
No deal has been reached after 10 days of talks between the parties.
But sources told the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg they believed a deal would still be done.
The Conservatives are hoping the DUP will sustain their minority government.
The warning from a senior DUP source to BBC Northern Ireland political editor Mark Devenport comes the day before the government's Queen's Speech is presented to Parliament.
Although they have not reached a final deal, DUP leader Arlene Foster has said it is "right and proper" that her MPs support the Conservative government's first Queen's Speech.
A Conservative source said it was important the party "gets on with its business" as talks continue by putting forward Wednesday's Queen's Speech.
Earlier cabinet minister Chris Grayling predicted a "sensible" deal would be reached.
The transport secretary said the talks were "going well", adding that the DUP, which has 10 MPs, did not want another election or Jeremy Corbyn in Downing Street.
Theresa May is seeking to negotiate a so-called "confidence and supply" arrangement whereby the DUP will throw their weight behind the government in key Commons votes, such as on the Queen's Speech and Budgets.
It is a week since DUP leader Arlene Foster visited Downing Street for talks with Theresa May, with reports that a final agreement is being held up by discussions over extra funding for Northern Ireland.
Should Mrs May lose any votes on the Queen's Speech, which are expected to take place next week, it would amount to a vote of no confidence in the government and put its future in doubt.
But Mr Grayling told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that he did not expect this to happen.
"The talks are going on but one thing I am absolutely certain of is that the DUP do not want to see another election and Jeremy Corbyn in Downing Street," he said. "We are having good, constructive discussions and I am confident we will reach a sensible agreement."
Former Prime Minister Sir John Major has urged Theresa May to reconsider her approach, saying a deal with the DUP could threaten the Northern Ireland peace process and "carry baggage" for his party. He has said the Conservatives should be able to govern anyway with the DUP's tacit support.
Asked about the repercussions if there was no agreement, Mr Grayling replied: "I am not pessimistic about this. I think we will have a sensible arrangement.
"We have got some days until we have a vote on the Queen's Speech. It is not on Queen's Speech day. The vote happens many days later as we have an extended debate first and I am sure we will have a sensible arrangement between the parties when that time comes."
The DUP had made it clear, he added, that they did not want "an unstable government undermining our union" and wanted to see us "go ahead with the Brexit negotiations with a sensible government in place". | Democratic Unionist Party sources have urged the Conservatives to give a "greater focus" to their negotiations. |
34,937,134 | The agency, which funds Olympic and Paralympic sport, backed campaigns by Lord Coe, Brian Cookson, Sir Phillip Craven, John McEwen and Louise Martin.
Two thirds of that sum, £115,000, went to one company, Vero Communications.
"If we care about the future of international sport then we've got to get off the bench and into the game," said UK Sport's Simon Morton.
"That means supporting British administrators to secure international leadership positions to ensure that the UK, as one of the world's leading sporting nations, has a strong voice in developing world sport.
"We are proud of our record, as we believe it is essential to ensure that our national governing bodies can engage effectively with the international community and contribute to the governance, development and leadership of world sport."
But some within British Olympic and Paralympic sport have questioned the wisdom of spending money that could be targeted at young athletes on the business of sports politics.
"Seb Coe being president of world athletics does not win us any medals," said Jessica Ennis-Hill's coach Toni Minichiello.
"He has said that two thirds of his campaign budget came from private sources. Did he even need the public money? Could it have been a loan instead?
"That money could have been shared with 63 young athletes. They could have paid for their medical insurance for a year and bus fares to training."
Of those five campaigns, only McEwen's run for the presidency of the International Equestrian Federation was unsuccessful. UK Sport gave Vero, which is run by sports lobbyist Mike Lee, £10,000 for that bid.
The UK-based "strategic communications company", which helped secure the 2016 Summer Games for Rio and 2022 World Cup for Qatar, was also given £63,000 for work on Coe's hard-fought campaign to become global athletics chief.
Coe and Lee also worked together on London's successful bid for the 2012 Olympics.
UK Sport contributed £77,000 to Cookson's bitter 2013 battle for the presidency of the International Cycling Union, with Vero receiving £24,000.
British Cycling contributed another £43,000 from its "international influence" budget, with most of the money spent on travel, preparing Cookson's manifesto and professional advice on how to restructure the federation.
It is unclear if Vero went through any official tendering process but UK Sport told BBC Sport it had "secured a preferential rate" with Lee's firm.
UK Sport, which got a 29% annual increase in the amount of tax-payers' money it receives in Tuesday's comprehensive spending review, has made no secret of its international relations strategy. The contribution from the public purse accounts for a third of its current £135m annual budget, with the rest coming from the National Lottery.
Its three international goals - global influence, developing British administrators and maximising the legacy from major events - are listed on the agency's website, and leading ex-athletes such as Kelly Sotherton have been through its "international leadership programme", which is now in its eighth year.
All of this, however, is secondary to its main stated purpose of maximising Britain's chances of winning medals on the world stage.
"It's important that the governance of world governing bodies is exemplary, and we've all seen examples recently where that hasn't been the case," said UK Sport chairman Rod Carr.
"Now, we're not arrogant enough to think that only Brits can put that right but we think there is a cadre of talented and honest people here that can really help those international federations that have failed that test.
"But the reality is that costs money. It would be naive to send somebody into that competition with no funds to go fly and talk to people and garner support from other parts of the world.
"It's a great investment. If we have sports like athletics and cycling, which have both had their moments, better managed and governed, that is good for the sport worldwide and good for us." | UK Sport has spent £182,000 on five campaigns for senior positions in global sport in the last two years. |
23,293,960 | Some batsmen walk, others don't. Broad should have done.
There are so many strands to what happened, towards the end of another totally enthralling day of Test cricket, as England were finally taking the upper hand in a match that has twisted one way then turned another.
There is nothing within the laws of cricket that says Broad had to depart. But when he chose not to, it became an issue for the spirit of the game.
There is no escaping the scrutiny when you do something like this. Television replays will show everyone around the world exactly what happened.
If you decide to stay, you decide to accept the consequences. You must accept the questions of sportsmanship. You must accept all the abuse that comes your way.
It shouldn't be forgotten that all this would have happened in the briefest of moments. Broad had been batting with resolve and patience, his whole focus on not getting out, on sticking around with Ian Bell to take England from deep trouble towards the sort of lead that their bowlers could attack.
Your mind is full of those things. In that instant, adrenaline running, fielders appealing, something inside of the head can just say: stay.
Then it is too late. Even if you regret it a few seconds later, even if you then change your mind, the die has been cast.
You stay, you get away with it. You might have done your team a favour, but you must then deal with the slating that comes with it.
These sorts of things can scar a player for years to come, change their reputations within the game.
Broad's body language afterwards told you all you needed to know - head bowed, shoulders slumped. He knew he had done the wrong thing.
Now we have the ramifications.
"There is no debate, it's quite simple. The Australians I have played with and have watched, with the exception of Adam Gilchrist, believe in standing and it's up to the umpire to give you out - there shouldn't be a moral argument. They should be upset, disappointed and angered by the umpires. If they keep making poor decisions, it's up to the ICC to do something about it."
How does it affect the relationship between the teams? Clarke was clearly furious afterwards, while Australia coach Darren Lehmann could not believe what had happened.
What does it mean for Aleem Dar, the three-time ICC umpire of the year? This was an awful decision, one no experienced official should have got wrong.
There are those who say that the Umpire Decision Review System was designed to eliminate howlers like this. Clarke, having used up his second review on a spurious lbw appeal earlier in the day, had none left when the Broad incident happened.
I believe that each team should only have one review per innings. Why? Precisely so you don't use it as Clarke did, as a gamble.
Save it for the blatant mistake. It should not be a tactic but a last resort. We do not want to see reviews used as a speculation.
In so many ways it's a huge shame it had to happen now, in the middle of a wonderful Test match at the start of what should be a brilliant Ashes series.
After the frenetic, breathless action of the first two days, this was something quite different - just as absorbing, but a head-down graft where Wednesday and Thursday had been wild rollercoaster.
When he was on 11, Broad, in his 58th Test, became the first player to score 1,000 runs batting at number eight for England. Godfrey Evans is second on that list with 833 (avg 23.80), New Zealand's Daniel Vettori, with 2,227, has the world record.
Every time England looked settled, looked likely to bat the tourists out of the match, Australia struck. For long parts of the day the tourists appeared to be in the ascendancy.
It was incredibly tense stuff. Only when England's lead edged past 230 did I start to believe they might have enough.
Under most circumstances that would be enough. But this has been such an unpredictable match that you can never quite be sure. Clarke could bat brilliantly. Shane Watson could go out at the top of the order and smash a rapid 70 or 80.
Ian Bell, 95 not out at the close from a partnership of 108 with Broad, deserves enormous credit for the way he took England towards safety.
He batted very well in Auckland over the winter, a real backs-to-the-wall effort, and this was a rather similar innings.
Some people do seem to enjoy having a go at him sometimes. But this was an excellent knock, many hours of relentless graft enlivened with occasional flashes of the old Bell class.
When he bats well, he's the prettiest English batsman of all, all flicks and nudges and glides down to third man.
His long occupation of the crease means all the pressure will now be on the Australian batting as this fine contest moves towards its decisive stages.
From here, England should win.
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Rose conjured up five birdies in his last six holes, including a chip-in from the bunker on 16, to finish on 12 under and remain in the hunt for his first Green Jacket.
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His hopes of winning might also be buoyed by some uncharacteristic errors by Spieth towards the end of his round. He double-bogeyed the 17th and sliced his approach to the 18th green into the crowd, but recovered his composure to save par.
Spieth's late wobble sets up an enthralling Sunday afternoon after a low-scoring thriller of a third day saw contenders rise and fall in their pursuit.
The young Texan's two-under-par 70 left him on 16 under, a new Augusta record after 54 holes, and kept him on track to become the second youngest Masters champion in history behind Tiger Woods.
And Woods's record score of 18 under, made in his epoch-changing debut win in 1997, is also in danger from a performance that for most of the first three days has borne striking similarities.
But Rose is on his tail after fighting back from a dropped shot on the first and another on the fifth to storm through the back nine, draining a horrible downhill birdie putt from the fringes on the last to go clear in second.
Mickelson's five-under 67 puts him on 11 under, his six birdies igniting the galleries around the sun-baked course, with Woods and world number one Rory McIlroy both scoring 68s to tie for fifth on six under.
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All three piled the pressure on the precocious Spieth until late dropped shots hurt McIlroy and Woods, with Mickelson missing another birdie putt by a fraction on the 18th.
Charley Hoffman, second overnight, remains in contention at 10 under after shooting 71 to add to his 67 and 68 over the first two days.
Not since Ray Floyd in 1976 has a Masters champion led from start to finish, indicative of the way this course can snare and punish even a man in rare form.
The history of the tournament is also littered with the tales of players who blew big final day leads - Greg Norman spurned a six-shot advantage in 1996, McIlroy four in 2011.
On a day rendered perfect for low scoring by warm, still conditions and greens far softer than usual at Augusta National, McIlroy had eagled the par-five second.
He then birdied the eighth and ninth to go out in 32, before picking up another shot on the par-five 15th only to bogey the par-three 16th and drop another shot with a sloppy putt on the last.
It was a disappointing end to a round that had got off to a promising start, and McIlroy feels he would need to shoot either "a 61 or a 62" or Sunday to have any chance of victory.
There was a positive for McIlroy, though, in that he carded birdies on all the par-fives, meaning he is 11 under in 12 opportunities, a strategy set out before he arrived at Augusta.
Woods, three pairings behind, was another to cash in, his putter and short irons again working wonders after more problems with his driver.
The four-time Masters champion matched McIlroy's 32 on the front nine and then picked up an extraordinary birdie on the par-five 13th when he looked certain to drop at least one shot.
His drive hooked left as his clubhead hit the turf before making contact with the ball, but he managed to first find his ball and then chip out, before a brilliant wedge to 20 feet was followed by a wonderfully judged putt.
Mickelson, three times a Masters champion, is loved in these parts like no other player.
Four birdies on the front nine took him to 10 under, taking four shots out of Spieth's huge overnight lead.
He also understands exactly what is required on this capricious course, and despite a dropped shot on 17 will still fancy his chances of another inspired final day.
McIlroy, by contrast, will almost certainly have to wait another year to become only the sixth man in history to complete the career grand slam.
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The champion in two of the last three years, Bubba Watson, double-bogeyed the first and then took back those dropped shots with birdies over each of the next three holes.
It set the pattern for an uneven round in which he parred only five holes, and at one under his challenge this year seems over.
England's Paul Casey had looked at one stage that he could be a potential challenger to Spieth, as a birdie on the third moved him on to eight under.
However, bogeys on the seventh, 16th and 18th means he signed for a two-over 74 and will start Sunday five under, 11 shots off the pace.
Ian Poulter produced his best round of the week, carding five birdies in a bogey-free five-under 67 that moved him to four under for the tournament.
Finally, Lee Westwood shot a two-under 70 and is even par after three rounds, compatriot Danny Willett carded a 76 and is two over while Wales' Jamie Donaldson and Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell both hit 76s and are tied on five over.
European Ryder Cup captain Darren Clarke had eight bogeys and three birdies in a five-over 77 that dropped him to six over. | Jordan Spieth will go into the final round of the Masters nursing a four-shot lead over England's Justin Rose with three-time champion Phil Mickelson heading a charging pack behind. |
36,709,292 | The 23-year-old 6ft 3 in striker joined Reading in July 2015 after scoring 22 goals for non-league Billericay Town.
He then ended last season on loan to League Two side Wycombe Wanderers.
He failed to score in his 10 games for the Chairboys, in which their only win was against Stevenage.
"We are determined to add strikers to the backbone of the side that finished strongly defensively last season," said Stevenage chairman Phil Wallace.
"Rowan is an exceptional athlete and a big lad, but the step from non-league to the Championship is a huge jump for an inexperienced young player. He'll need time to evolve."
Stevenage have also signed left-back Andrew Fox from Peterborough United and Ebbsfleet striker Matt Godden.
Boro have also signed keeper Jamie Jones on a more permanent basis, having kept six clean sheets in 17 games last season on loan to Darren Sarll's side from Preston.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Stevenage have made their third new signing by bringing in striker Rowan Liburd from Championship side Reading for an undisclosed five-figure fee. |
37,238,227 | Russia was banned from competing by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) following allegations of state-sponsored doping.
After a failed appeal at the Court of Arbitation for Sport (Cas), an appeal to the Swiss Supreme Court had been Russia's last hope of being in Brazil.
However, it will now miss the Games, which begin on 7 September.
More than 100 Russian athletes wrote to the IPC asking it to overturn the ban.
However, the Swiss Supreme Court said the Russian Paralympic Committee had not shown it had "fulfilled its obligations to anti-doping rules". | Russia has failed in its final attempt to reverse the ban on its athletes from next month's Rio Paralympics. |
33,525,180 | Shares were buoyed by the energy sector as oil prices recovered from falls.
The Dow Jones rose 75.9 points, or 0.42%, to 18,053.58, while the S&P 500 gained 9.35 points, or 0.45%, to 2,108.95. The Nasdaq added 33.38 points - 0.66% - to 5,104.89.
The rise was despite Commerce Department data showing that US retail sales fell 0.3% in June.
Analysts had not been expecting retail sales to fall, and the figures were the weakest reading since February.
Core sales - which exclude cars, petrol, building materials and food services - also fell, dipping by 0.1%.
Shares in JP Morgan Chase rose 1.4% after the bank reported a 5.2% rise in second-quarter earnings to $6.3bn.
Wells Fargo also rose by 0.9% after it reported second quarter earnings of $5.7bn, unchanged from a year earlier.
News of a nuclear deal between the US and Iran lifted oil prices. The S&P energy sector advanced 0.8%, led by a 0.84% gain in Exxon Mobil.
Gains were broad, with nine of the 10 major S&P 500 sectors ending higher, led by a 1% gain in the healthcare index. | (Close): US markets closed up for a fourth straight session, the longest winning streak since January. |
21,441,893 | How the system works
The report from the Care Quality Commission that a quarter of home care services are not meeting all the quality and safety standards makes depressing reading.
Evidence of rushed appointments, botched assessment and revolving door of carers suggests the system is on its knees.
The temptation is to think that will all change with the introduction of the cap on costs that the government announced on Monday.
But sadly that is not the case.
The complex nature of the system means the reforms should help reduce the need for people to sell their homes to pay for care.
But they do little - perhaps nothing - to improve the quality of services on offer.
The last decade has seen services squeezed until the pips squeak.
In fact, they have got so bad that just over a year ago the Equality and Human Rights Commission said some services were "breaching human rights".
Much of the system - both care homes and home care - is provided by private firms or voluntary sector organisations.
They look after a mix of self-funders - about 500,000 - and those who get state help from councils - just over one million.
Talk to them and they will describe how local authorities have been wanting more for less.
Research by the UK Homecare Association, which represents the firms providing carers to help the elderly with basic tasks such as washing, eating and dressing, shows that councils have been putting pressure on them to reduce the length of visits.
Three quarters are now less than 30 minutes in duration, including 10% which are less than 15 minutes.
Those paying for their own care are not immune - agencies have pared back on their visits to cover costs.
Councils understandably point out that they are doing the best they can.
They have been ploughing more and more into the system as a proportion of their resources at the expense of other areas such as leisure centres and libraries.
Social care, including services for younger disabled adults, now accounts for nearly half of their spending.
But the total pot for care is still shrinking as the huge cuts in government funding for councils - it is falling by over a quarter this parliament - means local authorities have been unable to protect the sector entirely.
The budget for social care stands at just over £14bn - a £1bn cut in real terms. If that happened in the NHS there would be outrage.
Councils have responded by rationing access to care so only the most needy can get it.
It means despite the ageing population the numbers getting help has actually fallen in the past five years, leaving an estimated one million without any help.
In years gone by these people would have been looked after by younger relatives. But with families more dispersed and the children of the elderly often pensioners themselves this is not always possible.
Stephen Burke, director of the United for All Ages charity and author of the Good Care Guide, is scathing.
He believes the government has pulled a "con of the worst sorts" by giving the impression it has solved the problem of old age care.
Other are more generous.
Councillor David Rogers, from the Local Government Association, has welcomed the cap as an important step forward, but says more needs to be done to tackle the quality issue.
"Without an urgent injection of money to meet rising demand in the short term things will continue to get worse."
With the over 65 population expected to rise by 50% over the next 25 years, expect to hear much more about the care crisis. | Another day, another story about old age care. |
12,853,229 | The trio are alleged to have used an elaborate scheme involving text messages and computer software to help beat opponents at Khanty-Mansiysk.
Federation head Laurent Verat said it was the first case of its kind.
The players - Sebastien Feller, Cyril Marzolo and captain Arnaud Hauchard - all deny cheating at the tournament.
"There have already been suspicions of cheating in chess, even involving strong players in the past, but there has never been proof of cheating," Mr Verat told AFP news agency.
According to the French federation, while international grand master Sebastien Feller, 19, was involved in a game, Cyril Marzolo followed developments over the internet and used computer software to establish the best next move. The answer was then sent by means of a coded text message to the third member of the team, Arnaud Hauchard.
The third member would then sit himself at a particular table in the competition hall. Each table represented an agreed square on the chess board. This, according to French media reports, was the most delicate part of the operation.
The alleged strategy was discovered by French chess federation Vice President Joanna Pomian, who spotted a text message on the mobile phone of one of the three players while the French team was involved in a game.
Mr Feller and Mr Marzolo both face suspensions and say they will appeal. Mr Hauchard is facing a life ban as a chess coach and selector.
Mr Feller's lawyer Charles Morel has said that his client is prepared to fight his case. "He's convinced that he'll be cleared at the end of this process," he told French radio station Europe 1.
"For him, it's as if he hadn't worked 8 hours a day on chess for years, and hadn't reached an excellent standard and that all that was a sham." | The French chess federation has suspended three top players for violating sporting ethics at a chess olympiad in Siberia last September. |
37,683,224 | Owner Bryan Gibson takes pictures of the gnome by overflowing drains to highlight their "diabolical danger".
He has named the gnome "Cormy" after Cormac, the civil engineering arm of Cornwall Council.
The council said it carried out "a planned routine maintenance programme" and checked 250 "hotspots" after storms or heavy rainfall.
Mr Gibson, from Bodmin, had previously taken about 15,000 pictures of drains over a period of about four years.
He only came up with the idea of featuring Cormy - who cost £1.99 - in the pictures two weeks ago.
Mr Gibson regularly sends the pictures to the company.
He said: "I want to highlight the diabolical danger of the whole country's drainage system."
Mr Gibson said poor drainage and high levels of surface water could cause cars to aquaplane and drivers to lose control.
A spokesman for Cornwall Council said there was no "significant problem with blocked drains" but blockages would always occur. | A garden gnome is being used in a one-man photographic campaign to improve road drainage. |
35,415,200 | In her first broadcast interview, Alison Johnson told BBC Newsnight that the party had acted insensitively and offered no support to them since the death of their son, Elliott, in September last year.
"They are probably thinking that... we will go away quietly. But we won't. I want justice for my son," she said.
The Conservative Party said: "We would like to again express our very deepest sympathies to Elliott's family and friends."
BBC Newsnight has also learned that 15 key witnesses have called for the removal of a senior Conservative official from any involvement with the party's inquiry into the scandal.
A number of them told Newsnight they would be reluctant to talk to the investigation while the official, who has previously been associated with the former activist at the heart of the scandal, is involved in the handling of the inquiry in any way.
Mrs Johnson's son committed suicide last year after allegedly being bullied by Mark Clarke - the man who ran a road-trip campaign bussing Conservative supporters to marginal constituencies before last year's General Election.
The death of the 21-year-old led to claims the Conservative Party Headquarters (CCHQ) had ignored complaints and warnings about the conduct of Clarke and others.
This prompted the resignation from the government of Grant Shapps, who had been co-chair of the party, and the launch of an inquiry by the London law firm, Clifford Chance.
Mrs Johnson told the BBC she and her husband Ray had been frozen out by the Conservative Party.
"The Conservative Party have not been forthright in coming to speak to us in any way. Anything we've heard we've had to hear through the press. When they engaged Clifford Chance to do the investigation we heard through the press."
She said that they had been particularly offended when it appeared the inquiry wanted to speak to her and her husband separately. She said it left them feeling like suspects whose accounts were being tested.
"We also heard that they wanted to interview me and my husband individually, to find out what our stories are... But it is not a story. It is the facts. We can only deal with the facts. Elliott has now gone, we can only deal with the facts."
A spokesman for Clifford Chance said: "We are sorry to learn of the Johnsons' concerns about the proposed interview format and would welcome the opportunity to discuss alternative arrangements for them to be interviewed."
Mrs Johnson also said it felt like the Conservative Party was keeping them in the dark.
"We live in a backwater so they are probably thinking that if we silence them we will go away quietly, but we won't. We definitely won't. I want justice for my son... no matter how it comes out, I want justice."
Mrs Johnson said Christmas had been awful without her son. An empty chair had been left at the table, she said.
"Every day just drifts into another and you just don't know anything."
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Mrs Johnson spoke as a BBC Newsnight investigation revealed that 15 key witnesses who have potentially valuable testimony about bullying have called for a senior Tory official to step down from the inquiry process.
Though Clifford Chance has been commissioned to conduct the investigation, the firm's final report will be reviewed by group of senior Tories who will decide how the findings are presented.
One of those assessing the conclusions is Rob Semple, chair of the Tory volunteers' organisation, the National Convention. Mr Semple's candidacy for this post was supported by Mark Clarke.
Last year's election was marred by smearing of Mr Semple's rival for the post, Charles Heslop.
Mr Semple told Newsnight he condemned "any alleged negative remarks about another member of the Party that might have been made, without my knowledge, during the National Convention campaign".
However, many potential witnesses to the bullying inquiry believe Mr Semple's presence on the board in untenable - and believe he should step aside from any role in the inquiry.
Ten of the 15 key witnesses told Newsnight that Rob Semple's continued presence on the Board would deter them from giving evidence.
Ben Harris-Quinney, chair of the Bow Group, has been invited to give evidence. He has yet to decide whether he will.
"If Rob Semple doesn't stand down it says that the Conservative Party is not interested in doing the right thing and ensuring this doesn't happen again. They are merely interested in trying to cling on and get away with it and hope that the story goes away as quickly as possible," he said.
John Strafford, chairman of the Campaign for Conservative Democracy, told Newsnight that if Mr Semple refuses to recuse himself, CCHQ should order him to do stand down.
"There is no reason whatsoever in my view why anybody who was involved with Mark Clarke should be participating and it would be a bad thing for justice if that happened."
Mr Stafford said the bullying crisis currently engulfing CCHQ was the worst he had experienced in his 40 years as a member the party.
"This is the biggest of all. This is the absolute biggest of all. The party can no longer treat its members with contempt as it has in the past and which it is still doing."
In a statement to Newsnight, Mr Semple said he would not stand down - and denied he was still in touch with Mark Clarke.
"I am committed to ensuring that the highest possible standards of behaviour are upheld. I will ensure… Clifford Chance's findings will be honoured in full. I urge witnesses to come forward so that the full facts are known."
A Conservative Party spokesman said: "Rob Semple is not being asked to step down from the Board when the report is delivered."
Mark Clarke has consistently denied any wrongdoing.
More on this story on BBC Newsnight on Tuesday 26 January at 22:30 GMT on BBC Two and afterwards on iPlayer. You can follow Newsnight on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube | The mother of a Tory activist whose death sparked the Tory bullying scandal has told the BBC she feels as if the family has been treated as suspects to be caught out rather than grieving parents. |
22,852,708 | The life-size sculptures, known as the "kneeling attendants", had been displayed at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art for nearly 20 years.
The museum pledged to return the artefacts after evidence suggested they had been illegally exported.
A ceremony was held at Phnom Penh airport to welcome them back.
Cambodian officials hailed the return journey of the sandstone sculptures as a "historic" moment for the country.
Buddhist monks chanted blessings during the ceremony, which was attended by government officials as well as executives from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The statues are believed to have been stolen from the Koh Ker temple 80km (50 miles) north-east of Cambodia's Angkor Wat temple complex in the early 1970s at the height of the country's civil war.
The museum announced its decision to return the statues in May after extensive consultations with the Cambodian authorities.
"The museum is committed to applying rigorous provenance standards not only to new acquisitions, but to the study of works long in its collections in an ongoing effort to learn as much as possible about ownership history," museum director Thomas P Campbell said in a statement at the time.
The Cambodian government is also pursuing other artefacts it believes were illegally removed the country in recent decades.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has returned artefacts to Phnom Penh before - in 1997 it sent back a 10th Century Shiva's head it had been given. | Two 10th Century Khmer statues, believed to have been looted from a temple in Cambodia decades ago, have been sent back from the United States. |
35,840,671 | Trew will also meet another potential buyer, who flies in from China on Tuesday, while local businessman Alan Hardy has made a formal written offer to buy the League Two club.
Hardy is the chief executive of the Paragon Group, and owns the Nottinghamshire Golf and Country Club.
But the agreement with the US company appears to have scuppered his chances.
Trew announced last month that he was looking to sell the League Two club after his family were subjected to "foul and mindless abuse".
But he is understood to consider that Hardy's bid - which is reportedly between £8m and £10m - is way short of his valuation.
Hardy had insisted any agreement includes a clause that sees Trew settle any undisclosed debts and liabilities.
HM Revenue & Customs has issued a winding-up petition against the club, with the case adjourned until 25 April. | Notts County owner Ray Trew has agreed a deal to sell the club to an American company, BBC Radio Nottingham reports. |
34,835,424 | The victim was in his house in Larne when he was beaten unconscious by a masked and armed gang in March 2014.
Steven Adam Blackwood, Stephen Mettleton and Elizabeth Sharon Milligan received prison terms for their roles.
The judge who sentenced the trio said the incident would have "absolutely terrified the occupants".
Blackwood, 30, of Moyard Gardens in Greenisland in County Antrim, and 35-year-old Mettleton, from Rossmore Garden in the same town, admitted charges of affray and intimidating the occupants of the house to leave their home.
Other charges, including attempted murder, were not pursued after prosecutors were unable to provide evidence that the two men were centrally involved.
The judge at Belfast Crown Court said their presence as part of the 70-strong mob was both pre-planned and organised, with a purpose of intimidating the man "through a display of force".
About 12 people from the gang broke into the victim's home and beat him.
He sustained a fractured skull, multiple fractured ribs and a ruptured spleen among other injuries.
Blackwood and Mettleton were sentenced to 20 months in jail.
They will spend half of their terms in prison with the remainder on licence after their release.
Milligan, from Grange Park in Ballyclare, County Antrim, pleaded guilty to a charge of attempting to pervert the course of justice.
The 38-year-old gave a false alibi to police for Mettleton, who at the time of the incident was her boyfriend.
The judge said she had persisted with the lie for 17 months and "had plenty of opportunities to desist from [it] but chose not to do so."
She was given a 12-month prison sentence and will spend half of that term in jail, with the rest on licence on her release.
Blackwood's barrister said at a previous hearing that her client had embarked on a "destructive spiral" that resulted in him "becoming involved in anti-social behaviour and associated paramilitary threats".
A lawyer for Mettleton said his client had displayed "genuine remorse for his involvement".
He added that Mettleton "is not someone who is particularly well equipped intellectually, which may give an idea of the nature of his role".
A lawyer for Milligan said what she did had had been "an act of stupidity". | Two men and a woman have been jailed after a mob attack on a house that resulted in a family being intimidated from their County Antrim home. |
16,438,701 | Cahill, 26, passed a medical on Saturday, before attending Chelsea's 1-0 Premier League win over Sunderland at Stamford Bridge.
"Chelsea is a massive club that looks to win trophies season in, season out," said the England defender.
"It is a big opportunity for me to be a part of that. Opportunities like this you can't turn down," he added.
"This is the right move for me at the right time.
"I would like to thank everybody at Bolton because I have had a great four years at the football club.
"My spell with Wanderers has enabled me to break into the England squad.
"I would particularly like to thank the fans for their support along the way."
Chelsea and Bolton agreed the fee at the end of last month, but Blues boss Andre Villas-Boas revealed that club and player were "miles apart" over personal terms.
Reports had suggested Manchester United were also interested in signing Cahill, who would have been out of contract at the Reebok in the summer.
But Villas-Boas has finalised the deal to strengthen his defensive options ahead of the Blues' triple assault on the Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup.
Centre-back Alex is set to leave Stamford Bridge, the Blues having discussed a fee for the Brazilian with west London neighbours QPR.
BBC Sport understands that second-bottom Bolton will reinvest all of Cahill's fee into new players as they look to stave off relegation.
Bolton boss Owen Coyle has been linked with signing 24-year-old USA international defender Tim Ream, who recently trained with the club, as Cahill's replacement.
Cahill signed off his Wanderers career on 5 January by scoring the winning goal as he captained the side to a 2-1 victory at Everton.
The Sheffield-born player, who joined Bolton in a £5m move from Aston Villa in January 2008, made 147 appearances for the Trotters, scoring 15 goals.
He made his first England start against Ghana in March 2011, scoring his first international goal in the 3-0 victory over Bulgaria in September. | Chelsea have completed the signing of centre-half Gary Cahill from Bolton Wanderers for a fee of around £7m. |
33,525,236 | A man in his 20s was arrested at an address in Letchworth, Hertfordshire, at about 12:45 BST.
Two men in their 20s and 30s were arrested shortly after at two properties in the Luton area of Bedfordshire.
All three were arrested on suspicion of involvement in commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism.
Searches are under way at two addresses in the Luton area as part of the investigation, a spokesman said.
Armed police from the Met's Specialist Firearms Command were involved in assisting with one of the arrests, but no shots were fired, Scotland Yard said.
The arrests and searches are part of an ongoing investigation into Islamist-related terrorism, the spokesman added. | Three men have been arrested on suspicion of being involved in terrorism, Scotland Yard has said. |
33,497,598 | "If I thought too hard about the actors who played this part before, I couldn't take the job," he told fans gathered at Comic-Con in San Diego.
But director Zack Snyder reassured the 42-year-old he was "perfect" casting.
"He's at the end of his rope. He's older; he's burned out... You're perfect for it" Snyder told the star.
Two-time Oscar winner Affleck follows in the footsteps of Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, George Clooney and Christian Bale, as he steps into role of the masked vigilante - in a showdown with Henry Cavill's Superman.
Speaking at Comic-Con, where a new trailer for the film was shown, Affleck revealed an unexpected encounter with Bale - the previous incumbent of the Batman suit - in a store in LA.
"Before we started the movie I was getting my kid a Hallowe'en costume. My son is really into Batman," Affleck explained.
"We went to a costume store in Los Angeles... it was pretty empty. And I was in the aisle and I heard this 'Oi!', and I turned around, and it's Christian Bale!
"And there he and I were, standing in the Batman section."
"I said, 'Do you have any tips?'," Affleck recalled. "'And he said: 'Make sure you can piss in that suit.'"
Bale was also in the costume shop to buy his son a Batman suit, Affleck added: "He doesn't just hang out [in the Batman aisle]".
The film, a sequel to Snyder's 2013 film Man of Steel, also stars Jeremy Irons as Bruce Wayne's butler Alfred, and introduces Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman.
British actor Irons said he wanted to recognise, but move away from, previous interpretations of his role.
"Michael Caine was pretty amazing as Alfred, so I had big shoes to sit in. But he's a little different my Alfred, so I think there are surprises in store."
Wonder woman
Gadot - a star of the Furious franchise - spoke about how honoured she felt about playing Wonder Woman, immortalised on screen by Lynda Carter in the 1970s TV series.
"Wonder Woman has all the strength of a superhero, and at the same time she's very sophisticated, loving and has a lot of emotional intelligence.
"So, for me, I feel very, very privileged to be the one who's going to bring her back to life."
Also at Comic-Con on Saturday, Warner Bros, the studio behind Batman, revealed new footage from Peter Pan origin story Pan - from British director Joe Wright, and starring Hugh Jackman as villain Blackbeard. | Ben Affleck, who takes over as Batman in next summer's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, has admitted some concerns about the caped crusader role. |
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The Jags host St Johnstone on Tuesday, having not played in the league since 2 February due to postponements at home and away.
"If the forecast is what it's supposed to be - dry for the next two days - we'll be fine," said Archibald.
"But, if we get a deluge of rain, it affects the wide areas really badly."
Thistle's home game against Aberdeen was postponed on Friday and an away match against Hearts at Tynecastle had also been called off the week before.
"It's shown with the players in the last couple of days, especially that they're desperate for a game," Archibald told BBC Scotland. "It's been really frustrating."
The Jags are currently level on points with 11th-placed Kilmarnock but have played four fewer games.
Despite the Maryhill club looking into the positives and negatives of an artificial pitch before they were promoted to the top flight in 2013, Archibald stresses that it is not a subject they have revisited.
"I think they've got a place in the game, but we'd rather have grass pitches at the top level if we can," he said.
"It's the players that are important. If you ask any player, they'll always want grass. Any of ours certainly do."
Some managers and players have recently spoken out against artificial surfaces.
"We don't complain about it because we're used to it - we train on it for four or five months of the season," added Archibald.
"It's just been down to the weather this year. We only had one call-off last season.
"We've got an area of the pitch that we have to fix - there's a drainage problem.
"But hopefully, once we get that fixed, we'll just be the same as everybody else with a grass pitch." | Partick Thistle manager Alan Archibald is confident the Firhill pitch will be ready to stage its first Scottish Premiership match for three weeks. |
37,577,920 | People will be able to travel between Stratford and Stanmore throughout the night on Friday and Saturdays, with one train every 10 minutes.
In addition, London Mayor Sadiq Khan has announced the Northern Line will run through the night from 18 November.
An all-night service began on the Central and Victoria lines in August, with nearly 750,000 journey having been made.
Northern Line services will run from High Barnet and Edgware, via the Charing Cross branch, to Morden. The Night Tube services run from 00:30 and 05:00 BST.
The Piccadilly Line will join the Night Tube service later this year once drivers have completed training.
Mr Khan said the ambition was to have a Night Tube service on all lines.
He added: "There was a real buzz from when we launched the first Night Tube services in August, and I am delighted that the Jubilee Line services are now up and running.
"Hundreds of thousands of Londoners have already benefited, and it's great news that so many more will now be able to enjoy our world-class cultural venues on the South Bank, as well as venues such as The O2 and Wembley Stadium, without needing to make that late dash for the last Tube.
"Being from Tooting, I'm also really looking forward to the start of services on the Northern line next month."
Analysis: BBC London Transport correspondent Tom Edwards
After all those false dawns, strikes and a year of delays, nothing now seems to be stopping the roll out of the Night Tube.
I've got some figures from London Underground (LU) that give some insight into how the Night Tube is being used. On the Victoria and Central lines, after an initial surge, usage dipped but it has since picked up again:
LU said this was much higher than its predictions but it was confident it would pay for itself within three years.
And LU said it had noticed two peaks. Revellers at 01:30 BST and workers at 04:00.
The Night Tube in figures
Alan Bishop, Southbank Centre chief executive, said: "We are so pleased to welcome the introduction of the Night Tube to the Jubilee line, which will enable Londoners from all corners of the city to enjoy the cultural offerings of Southbank Centre and our neighbours."
Simon Pitkeathley, chief executive of Camden Town Unlimited, said: "Camden Town has some of London's most iconic music venues, traditional pubs, and fantastic restaurants.
"It stands out as a shining star in London's night-time economy. We're absolutely delighted that the Night Tube on the Northern Line will reflect this." | The Jubilee Line Night Tube service is to begin later. |
17,212,309 | His comments come as a poll for BBC Wales found almost two-thirds of voters think the Welsh assembly should have at least some influence over taxes.
Only about one in three wanted to keep the current system where the assembly has no power to vary taxes.
Support for Welsh independence remains weak, with 7% backing it.
This would rise to 12% if Scotland leaves the UK, according to the research.
The poll also shows strong support for the Welsh government's public sector-only approach to the NHS.
Pollsters ICM found 28% of people thought the assembly should have the power to reduce or increase all taxes.
A total of 36% said some tax-varying powers should be devolved within limits agreed with the UK government.
But 32% thought the assembly should have no powers over taxes.
The institution gained primary law-making powers in a referendum last year, but has no say over taxation.
Acommission into the future of devolutionis examining whether more financial powers, including over some taxes, should be devolved to Cardiff.
By Vaughan RoderickWelsh affairs editor
It appears that while there's no real demand for independence - even if Scotland leaves the union - Welsh voters have yet to be convinced the current settlement is the right one.
It's striking that less than one year since the referendum more people want to see the assembly's powers increase than think that the current powers are sufficient.
Politicians have always believed that there's no real desire among voters for the assembly to have powers over taxation.
It's clear from the poll that almost two-thirds of voters believe the assembly should have taxation powers - even if they disagree about the extent of those powers.
Maybe it's not a great surprise that voters in the home of the health service aren't that impressed by the changes the UK government in England - but the four-to-one rejection of the suggestion that Wales should copy the English reforms is one of the clearest results I've seen in any Welsh poll.
Worth noting, perhaps, that neither the Conservatives nor the Liberal Democrats in the assembly have proposed that Wales should go down the English route when it comes to health.
The poll found 29% were satisfied with the powers the assembly has, while 36% said it should be more powerful.
A fifth (22%) thought the assembly should be abolished.
Seven per cent thought Wales should be an independent country, rising to 12% if Scotland votes for independence.
Mr Jones told Radio Wales the assembly has "substantial" new powers following the referendum but the poll showed that there were "still areas that need to be looked at in order to see that the devolution settlement works well".
He said the Welsh government's lack of control over energy policy meant Wales was "losing out big time in terms of jobs creation" in the sector.
He said there were some areas of tax, such as landfill tax, the aggregates levy, housing stamp duty and air passenger duty which he would like to see devolved to Wales.
But he said he would be "immensely suspicious" if the Welsh government was offered power over income tax.
He said independent assessments had shown Wales was underfunded in its grant from central government to the tune of £300m each year.
He said: "We're underfunded. If we took on powers over income tax, that would lock in the underfunding forever and that clearly isn't in Wales' interest."
He added: "Independence is simply not in the interests of Wales."
The Conservatives' leader in the assembly, Andrew RT Davies, said Welsh people had rejected independence.
"The arguments for the United Kingdom are clear," he said.
"The union has been a cultural and political strength which advantages all corners of it."
Plaid Cymru, the only one of the four main parties in favour of independence, said the support for further powers showed Wales was "growing in confidence".
Plaid AM Llyr Huws Gruffydd said: "The people of Wales are increasingly putting their trust in the assembly and devolution and they want to see more decisions made in Wales."
Rachel Banner, of True Wales, which campaigned for a No vote in last year's referendum, said politicians had interpreted the yes vote on primary law-making powers to seek control over more issues.
She said: "Last March, we were told that a yes vote would not lead to tax powers and here we are - we have a Silk Commission. Tax powers are on their way, it's inevitable.
"We've got this chain of event arising from the referendum last year that we never had a debate about."
Prof Richard Wyn Jones, director of the Wales Governance Centre at Cardiff University, said the plurality of support for more powers but very little support for independence was "striking".
He said: "People shouldn't be looking at Wales through Scottish lenses. What happens in Scotland makes very little difference to what people in Wales actually want for Wales."
There appears to be little appetite for the kind of NHS reform being pursued by the UK government, with 77% believing service delivery should stay as it is.
Only 18% thought that changes similar to those being introduced in England by the Westminster coalition should be imported.
ICM Research interviewed a random sample of 1,000 Welsh adults by telephone on 24-26 February. Interviews were conducted across Wales and the results have been weighted to the profile of all Welsh adults. | Wales cannot take on powers over income tax until an annual £300m underfunding by Westminster is addressed, says First Minister Carwyn Jones. |
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The Briton, 34, was tripped and almost fell twice late on as he won the first medal of the 2017 World Championships in thrilling fashion at London Stadium.
"I hurt my leg and I'm going to see a doctor, a few stitches maybe," he said.
The 5,000m, which begins with heats on Wednesday, is Farah's final major track event before switching to the marathon.
"I've got a bad leg," he explained. "I've got such a long stride I got caught twice and at that point I was just trying to stand up.
"I am hurt. I just had to be strong. I've got a few cuts and bruises, just recover and get ready for the 5k. I've got enough days."
A relentless pace meant his time of 26 minutes 49.51 seconds on Friday was his quickest over 10,000m since 2011, yet it put him less than half a second ahead of Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei, with Kenya's Paul Tanui third.
BBC commentators Steve Cram and Brendan Foster believe the win - Farah's 10th global title - required the finest display of his career and Farah, who has now won six world titles over the two distances, said he "definitely agreed with them".
"It was one of the toughest races of my life," said Farah. "The guys gave it to me, it wasn't about Mo, it was about 'how do we beat Mo?'
"You had the Kenyans, the Ethiopians, the Ugandans, everybody working as a team against me. Fair play to them, they worked it hard and they chucked everything at me.
"At one point in the middle of the race I wasn't thinking I was going to lose, but I thought 'this is tough, this is tough'."
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Farah has not been beaten over 10,000m since 2011 - a run of nine races.
He completed the 5,000m and 10,000m double at the 2013 and 2015 World Championships and also secured long-distance doubles at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games.
"It was about believing in my sprint finish and knowing that I have been in that position before," he added. "It helped a lot having that experience.
"I just had to stay strong, believe in myself and think, 'I didn't work for nothing, I'm not losing in my home town. I can't'.
"I get emotional talking about it, but I owe it to the people in London, I owe it to the people in Great Britain and to have so many people supporting you, keeping you going, it makes the difference." | Mo Farah says he will overcome a leg injury to defend his 5,000m world title after winning the "toughest race" of his life to retain his 10,000m crown. |
29,675,893 | The 24m (80ft) sculpture on Place Vendome in Paris was brought down when supporting cords were cut.
Earlier, US artist Paul McCarthy told a French newspaper that he was attacked by a man who said the sculpture had no place being on the street.
The sculpture is part of the week-long International Contemporary Art Fair in the French capital.
The art fair said it would restore the deflated sculpture as soon as it could.
McCarthy told French newspaper Le Monde that his work, entitled Tree, was an "abstract work" rooted in a joke about a sex toy and was also inspired by a Christmas tree.
Police said the sculpture had been attacked overnight.
"An unidentified group of people cut the cables which were holding the artwork, which caused it to collapse," police said.
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said the attack was unacceptable, and also denounced the attack on McCarthy.
"Paris will not succumb to the threats of those who, by attacking an artist or a work, are attacking artistic freedom," she said.
"Art has its place in our streets and nobody will be able to chase it away." | A huge inflatable sculpture inspired by a sex toy has been sabotaged days after it was installed in Paris. |
30,538,365 | Part-time limits will be put in place outside 33 schools where the highest number of accidents involving children have occurred.
The schools include seven in Bishop Auckland, six in Chester-le-Street, five in Seaham and four in Consett.
Durham Police and Crime Commissioner Ron Hogg said the move would help keep young people safe.
Durham County Council approved the plans at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday.
Only three such zones have been created in the county over the past 10 years, in Seaham, Durham City and Ferryhill.
The authority said 86% of accidents involving children happened within a 1,968ft (600m) radius of a school. | Plans to introduce a 20mph speed limit outside dozens of schools in County Durham have been given the go-ahead. |
34,071,711 | Some 6,000 of those have been struck off the voting list either because they were counted twice or they were not "real" supporters, according to a Labour source.
But these new voters take the London race into uncharted territory because very little is known about how they will vote, and that's getting the candidates in this six-horse Labour mayoral race salivating.
Dame Tessa Jowell, viewed as the clear favourite when she launched her campaign in May, is still leading the polls.
But if you presume, as Tooting MP Sadiq Khan's team does, that many of the new voters have signed up to select Jeremy Corbyn because of his left-wing stance, perceived wisdom might suggest they would not vote for Dame Tessa as she is viewed as the Blairite candidate.
Labour's vote held up in this year's general election. But the mayoralty has long proved elusive to the party, and given that Londoners have twice elected a Conservative mayor over Corbyn enthusiast Ken Livingstone, some may question whether having a left-wing candidate would necessarily be an asset in next year's election.
But some of the mayoral hopefuls clearly do feel they can benefit from a resurgence on the left.
That line is certainly being peddled by union-backed Mr Khan, who says he's attracting the Islington North MP's supporters - although he has also openly said he probably would not work under Mr Corbyn as Labour leader.
Mr Khan's spokesman told me the new voters included "older people who had left Labour because of Iraq, and young idealists in the public sector excited by Jeremy Corbyn" who are more likely to vote for a left-wing candidate.
The trouble with the argument that Corbyn voters could shape the battle for City Hall is that there isn't one clear left-wing candidate for them to champion.
Hackney MP Diane Abbott says she is "the closest to [Mr Corbyn] politically". But the polls do not reflect an Abbott surge and Mr Corbyn hasn't backed her or any other London candidate.
Another left-winger, Christian Wolmar, says he too will mop up more second preference votes because of the "Corbyn effect".
But Dame Tessa's team insists there is "no evidence" that she isn't attracting these new voters and says she "isn't seen as a factional Labour politician".
The centrists meanwhile - David Lammy and Gareth Thomas - are also claiming to be winning over the new voters who they say haven't put much thought into the London race.
Whether these new voters will favour the left, or vote on policy or personality remains to be seen. What is clear is that the fresh meat weighing in to vote in the Labour's leadership contest seems to have spiced up the Labour mayoral race as well. | The number of people registered to vote for Labour in London rose from about 40,000 in May to 120,000 this month. |
34,229,212 | Marcel Addai, 17, was found with stab wounds on 4 September on the St John's Estate in Pitfield Street, Hoxton. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Sodiq Adebayo, 22, from West Sussex, will appear in Hendon Magistrates' Court in north London on Saturday.
Akeem Gbadamosi, 21, and Eugene Ocran, 19, have already been charged with murder.
Met Police officers attended the scene of the incident on Friday evening, one week after he died, to continue to appeal for witnesses. | A third man has been charged with murder following the death of a teenager on an east London estate. |
37,713,939 | Many gamers have showcased a modification to video game Grand Theft Auto V, in which sticky bombs were switched with exploding Samsung phones.
But some have reported that their videos have been blocked on YouTube following a copyright complaint.
Samsung has not yet responded to repeated BBC requests for comment.
Critics have warned that trying to remove gamers' videos will only draw more attention to them.
The Galaxy Note 7 was recalled and discontinued in October after reports that some handsets were catching fire.
One US gamer - known as DoctorGTA - said restrictions had been put on his YouTube account as a result of Samsung's complaint.
"It's going to take three months to get the strike removed from my channel... I got my live stream taken away," he said in a video.
"If I submit a counter-notification to say 'sue me', I wonder what they will do. Will they sue me, the kid that has cancer and just makes money off YouTube playing a video game?"
"It really sucks, because I really worked hard on this channel."
Some viewers warned that Samsung was at risk of invoking the Streisand Effect - a term used to denotes increased publicity as a result of attempts to remove embarrassing online content.
It was first used in 2005 by Mike Masnick, founder of the website Techdirt, following a failed attempt by singer Barbra Streisand to sue a photographer who posted a picture of her seaside home.
The original download page for the Grand Theft Auto V modification, created by player HitmanNiko, has not been taken offline. | Samsung appears to have filed copyright claims against YouTube videos mocking its recalled Galaxy Note 7 handset. |
35,905,339 | Oosthuizen, the 2010 Open champion, won 4&2 and will now play American Dustin Johnson in the quarter-finals.
Spieth, 22, won all three of his matches in the group stages of the competition but trailed from the fourth hole onwards and could not fight back.
Defending champion Rory McIlroy earlier beat Zach Johnson 1 up to advance.
World number three McIlroy, who made a birdie on the 18th to beat the reigning Open champion, now faces American Chris Kirk.
Jason Day, the champion in 2014, beat Brandt Snedeker 3&2 to reach the last eight.
The quarter-finals will be played later on Saturday, with the semi-finals on Sunday followed by the Championship match. | World number one Jordan Spieth is out of the WGC-Dell Match Play after losing his last-16 tie to South Africa's Louis Oosthuizen. |
37,039,288 | Sheku Bayoh died after being restrained by officers in Kirkcaldy in May 2015.
A police watchdog has now submitted a supplementary report to the Lord Advocate, but the Crown Office said "further work may be required".
Mr Bayoh's family want a public inquiry to be set up to investigate his death.
The Police Investigations and Review Commissioner (Pirc) has now provided a full report on the death of Sheku Bayoh to the Lord Advocate, James Wolffe QC.
Pirc submitted an initial report in August 2015, but has now made an extra submission relating to "additional lines of investigation" which came up during their inquiry.
Mr Bayoh died in police custody after being restrained by officers in Kirkcaldy, Fife, on 3 May 2015.
His family set up a campaign for answers amid fears race may have played a part in his death, and met the previous Lord Advocate, Frank Mulholland QC to discuss their concerns.
Mr Wolffe will consider the latest report, but the Crown Office warned that more work may yet need to be done.
A spokesman said: "The Pirc report will be carefully considered, but this is a complex investigation and further work may be required before any decision is made as to whether or not there should be any criminal proceedings.
"The family will continue to be kept informed of any significant developments."
Aamer Anwar, a solicitor representing Mr Bayoh's family, said their "confidence in the robustness and impartiality" of the probe had been "shattered".
He added: "The Bayoh family hope that they can maintain confidence in the new Lord Advocate to ensure all necessary further enquiries are completed by Crown Office before any conclusion is reached on what happens next. We understand that this process is likely to take some time.
"Whilst the family await the Lord Advocate's decision on the appropriate way to proceed, they believe there is still a need for fundamental reform of Pirc so that no family who loses a loved one through a death in custody is forced to set up a campaign simply to get answers.
"As a result the Bayoh family maintain their call for a public inquiry to be set up into the death in custody of Sheku Bayoh and into the wider issues raised surrounding police accountability in Scotland."
Police have previously dismissed suggestions of racism surrounding the case. Mr Mulholland confirmed that a fatal accident inquiry will be held into the case, regardless of any criminal proceedings.
A spokesman for Pirc said: "The Commissioner appreciates that this has been a difficult period for the family of Mr Bayoh whilst this complex and wide ranging investigation has continued.
"A significant part of the work involved the gathering of expert evidence from a range of specialist forensic pathologists to give a greater understanding as to the cause of Mr Bayoh's death.
"During the enquiry additional lines of investigation emerged which have lengthened the process. The Commissioner ensured that all of the matters raised were rigorously explored so that the Lord Advocate is presented with a comprehensive report in order that he can make informed decisions on further action.
"The Commissioner considered it was important that the quality of the investigation was not compromised by speed." | Prosecutors say further investigations may still need to be carried out before they decide if criminal proceedings should be brought over the death of a man in police custody. |
39,022,082 | Police were called to Pennywell Road on Saturday morning following reports a man had collapsed.
"The man was taken to hospital but sadly later died as a result of his injuries. We are treating his death as unexplained," a force spokesman said.
A post-mortem examination is due to take place later. Police have appealed for any witnesses to come forward or to call the 101 non-emergency number. | A man has died after being found with serious injuries in Bristol. |
40,733,496 | Mike Grimshaw, 34, died on Thursday following a disturbance in Sale, Greater Manchester.
His mother Janet said: "I cannot put into words how much my heart is broken and the sorrow I feel for his daughter, sister, niece, nephew and partner."
A 16-year-old boy arrested on suspicion of murdering Mr Grimshaw was released pending further inquiries.
It is understood Mr Grimshaw was wounded after intervening in the altercation outside his house on Royton Avenue.
He had been due to get married in a few weeks, according to neighbours.
"My son, Mike, was the most caring, patient and gentle person. A rock not only to his family, but to his many friends. He adored his daughter Erin and cherished the time spent with her," his mother added.
His sister Emma Grimshaw said: "Our hearts are heavy with the loss of my amazing brother and fantastic uncle to my heartbroken children.
"Mike has been my rock since the loss of my dad and I cannot imagine how life is going to be without him, he filled our lives with love and laughter and I am so proud to be able to say that he was my brother." | A man who died after being stabbed in the neck as he intervened in a street row was "a rock", his family has said. |
37,718,587 | The clowns, attending an annual convention in Mexico City, chanted: "We are clowns, not killers".
The craze, in which people dress up as clowns and scare people, spread quickly with the help of social media.
Scary clowns were first reported in the US in August and quickly spread to the UK, Australia and Brazil.
Last week, five teenagers dressed as clowns were detained in the Mexican city of Mexicali after frightening people with bats. Clown sightings were also reported in the city of Queretaro.
The hysteria over the past weeks has prompted police in several countries to increase patrols outside schools, and in some areas fancy dress shops were asked to remove clown masks from the shelves.
The craze also saw fast food giant McDonald's limiting the public appearances of its well-known clown mascot, Ronald McDonald.
But those who earn a living from the profession are fighting back, hoping to reverse the negativity that has cast a shadow on their trade.
Hoi Hoi, a professional clown at the Mexico city convention, told Reuters: "There is more good than evil. Clowns show we are good people and we do our work in the best possible way."
An Argentine clown who went by the name Fluorescent Plug said: "I don't see anything funny about it."
Others were concerned about the safety of professional clowns. Tomas Morales, president of the Brotherhood of Latino Clowns, said: "If [people] see in the news that we are evil, they can take a machete or a gun and kill a clown."
Latin American clowns were dogged by controversy in 2013, when they gathered at that year's convention to deny allegations that one of their colleagues was responsible for the killing of a former Mexican drug cartel leader.
The clowns argued at the time that their costumes were frequently stolen and then used to commit crimes.
The annual clown convention, known locally as the "Kings of Laughter" convention, brings together professional clowns from across the continent.
There are about 10,000 professional clowns registered in Mexico, according to the Latin-American Clown Association. | Hundreds of professional Latin American clowns have condemned the recent global "creepy clown" craze, saying it is harming their image. |
40,858,954 | Masayoshi Son made the comments to the media as the Japanese technology giant reported a 50% rise in quarterly operating profit.
It is the first time the group has said it is interested in Uber.
Softbank has already invested in Asian ride-sharing firms Grab and Didi Chuxing.
Mr Son, who founded the company in 1981, described the US as "the most important market".
"We are interested in discussing with Uber. We are also interested in discussing with Lyft," he said, but added that he hadn't decided "which way" to go.
"Whether we decide to partner and invest into Uber or Lyft, I don't know what would be the end result," he said.
"We are definitely very much interested in the US market."
Softbank has already shown an appetite for ride-sharing and backs China's Didi Chuxing.
Last month, the company joined with Didi Chuxing to pour $2bn (£1.5bn) into Grab, South East Asia's most popular ride-hailing firm.
As an early investor in Alibaba, Mr Son has a reputation for spotting potentially transformative industries and trends.
In 2016, Softbank partnered with Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund to launch a technology fund worth as much as $100bn.
The company also has stakes in a number of British technology firms including virtual reality firm Improbable. | Softbank's chief executive has said he is considering investing in Uber or Lyft, as the company eyes a move into the US ride-sharing market. |
33,673,552 | Assad Uzzaman, 25, was one of five men who left the UK in October 2013 to fight as jihadists.
His death has been reported by academic Shiraz Maher who tracks the movements of foreign fighters in Syria and Iraq.
Three of the Portsmouth group have also been killed. A fifth was jailed when he returned to the UK.
Mehdi Hassan, Mamunur Roshid and Hamidur Rahman have previously died in Syria.
Mashudur Choudhury returned to the UK after a few weeks and last year became the first person in the UK to be convicted of terrorist offences in connection with the conflict in Syria.
Another Portsmouth man, Ifthekar Jaman, left in the spring of 2013 and was also killed in fighting.
Uzzaman's death was reported by Shiraz Maher, a senior research fellow at the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR) at King's College in London.
He said: "The last of the Portsmouth cluster of fighters with Islamic State, Assad Uzzaman (Abu Abdullah) has died."
In a statement, Flick Drummond, Portsmouth South MP, said she had visited his family earlier, describing them as "heartbroken".
On behalf of the family, she said she had spoken to the Foreign Office in a bid to find out how Mr Uzzaman died and if his remains could be brought back to Portsmouth.
She said she had been assured officials would look into it as a "top priority".
"Many people will have strong views about what Assad has done, but he was a much-loved son from a family who were completely integrated with British society with no extremist sympathies whatsoever," she said.
She also said she believed he and his friends "were well meaning when they went to Syria".
"The lesson here is simple: Anyone who thinks it a good idea to fight in Syria on any side should consider the very real possibility it will cost them their life," she added. | The final member of a group from Portsmouth who travelled to Syria to fight for the Islamic State (IS) group has reportedly been killed. |
35,667,749 | Owners of Manor Farm in West Hagbourne moved swiftly to move horses away from stables close to the fire, which started at about 21:45 GMT on Thursday.
Co-manager of the Oxfordshire farm Sue Lay said the blaze could have been "a lot worse" and praised the seven fire crews for their swift response.
Fire investigators are not treating the incident as suspicious.
It is thought the fire began in a storage area on manor farm used as a workshop for cabinet makers. | Forty-five firefighters worked through the night to stop a blaze in a storage lock-up ravaging a farm. |
35,529,456 | McSheffrey capitalised on a mistake by Sid Nelson to score his fifth goal of the season in the 17th minute.
His late replacement O'Brien, on his Iron debut, confirmed the win in second half injury-time with a low shot.
It was a seventh home league defeat of the season for the Lions, who remain in sixth place in League One.
Scunthorpe United caretaker manager Andy Dawson told BBC Radio Humberside:
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"It's a massive win coming off three good victories. Our lads were coming here full of confidence but we know this is a very tough place to come and a team which are flying high in the division.
"We prepared right and we knew what they were all about and we did what we try to do day in and day out.
"It's pleasing for us that the lads are working so hard as a group, not as an eleven, not as a squad as a full group of twenty-five players.
"It's great to see them getting the rewards when we come to places like this." | Gary McSheffrey and substitute Jim O'Brien scored in each half to earn Scunthorpe their fourth successive win and dent Millwall's play-off bid. |
30,682,266 | Work to raise Drayton Road, the main road into Muchelney, was due to have been finished at the end of last month.
Bad weather now means it will not be completed until mid February, a Somerset County Council spokesman said.
Last winter large parts of the Levels were deluged with flooding, leaving villagers cut off for two months and a trunk road closed for several weeks.
A 547 yard-stretch (500m) of Drayton Road is being raised by more than 3.9 ft (120 cm) at its lowest point.
A council spokesman said: "We have been saying since the beginning of November that the Muchelney road raising was likely to run into the New Year.
"As things stand, we are hoping to be able to complete the works in February. However, as they have been from the beginning, all scheduled completion times will be subject to factors such as the weather." | A scheme to prevent a community on the Somerset Levels from being cut off by flooding has been delayed. |
38,814,751 | The 30-year-old scored 22 goals in 187 appearances for the Shakes after moving to Gigg Lane in 2012.
Former Crystal Palace and Stoke man Soares becomes Wimbledon's first signing of the January transfer window.
"Tom is very powerful, has good aerial ability and I think he is in his prime now," Dons boss Neal Ardley told the club website.
The south-west London club have not disclosed the length of Soares' deal at Kingsmeadow.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page or visit our Premier League tracker here. | AFC Wimbledon have signed midfielder Tom Soares from fellow League One side Bury for an undisclosed fee. |
38,103,734 | On Saturday Best will become the fifth Irishman to reach the milestone after Brian O'Driscoll, Ronan O'Gara, Paul O'Connell and John Hayes.
"He'll rise to the occasion but will be humble enough not to make the day about him," says Ulster team-mate Trimble.
"That's what you want from a leader and why he's looked up to so much."
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Having played with Best, 34, both for Ulster and Ireland for over a decade, Trimble is as well placed as anybody to extol the virtues of the hooker, who made his Irish debut against New Zealand in November 2005.
"On and off the pitch, he's an example to follow for young people and even me. I'm only a few years younger and I'm still looking up to him," added the 32-year-old Ulster wing.
"He's got the ability to deliver what he has to say and be precise, specific, about the key messages that are delivered.
"As well as that, whenever you get on the pitch, you just follow him into battle. He's a guy who sets the example and sets the tone for intensity, with and without the ball.
"I've watched him develop as a captain and leader. Even in the last six months, more and more of what he says holds a lot of weight and grabs people's attention."
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Flanker Sean O'Brien says the hooker's ability to welcome new players into the Ireland squad has been one of his greatest attributes, even long before he was appointed the captaincy.
"Rory is just one of those fellows who is always looking at the bigger picture," says the Leinster star, who will also line up alongside Best and Trimble at the Aviva Stadium as Ireland aim to regroup from last weekend's bruising defeat by the All Blacks.
"He has always looked after the younger guys when they have come in, myself included.
"He's a phenomenal player. A leader and someone you look to when you are under pressure."
And while Best's mission on Saturday will be all about ensuring victory over Michael Cheika's side, Irish scrum-half Conor Murray says the desire to mark the hooker's milestone with a win will be in his team-mates' thoughts.
"It's an amazing achievement for him and it couldn't happen to a better fellow," says Lions player Murray.
"Coming out on Saturday, that will be in the back of the squad's heads. We want to play for Rory and try to get a win." | Rory Best will not allow winning his 100th Ireland cap to deflect his total focus away from beating Australia, says team-mate Andrew Trimble. |
39,434,585 | Many on social media say the work looks more like former Republic of Ireland captain Niall Quinn than Ronaldo.
The statue was revealed at a ceremony to name the island's airport after him.
Portugal's president and the prime minister flew to the island to unveil the tribute to the player outside the terminal entrance.
President Rebelo de Sousa said Ronaldo "projects Madeira and Portugal across the world far more than anybody else".
The 32-year-old is a local hero in Madeira, where he is seen as a rags-to-riches success. He already has a museum about him in his hometown of Funchal.
The player later said on Twitter: "Happy and honored to have my name given to the Madeira airport!"
Ronaldo is not the first footballer to have an airport named after him. Belfast airport was named after former Manchester United player George Best in 2006, a year after he died. | Football fans have been questioning the resemblance of a statue of Cristiano Ronaldo unveiled on the Portuguese island of Madeira. |
35,470,264 | Expert speakers from around the world will take part in Firths and Fjords: A Coastal History Conference.
The topics to be discussed include Norse place names in Gaelic-speaking areas, the salt industry in Brora and witchcraft.
It has been organised by the University of the Highlands and Islands' Centre for History.
More than 70 delegates from across the UK and also from Finland, Canada and US will attend the conference from 31 March to 2 April.
The event will also feature visits to historic Royal Dornoch Golf Club and a guided tour of Pictish sites at Fearn. | An international conference focusing on the history of coastal areas will be held in Dornoch next month. |
36,839,518 | Authorities in Blackpool, Kent and Newham in London have each been awarded £10 million to "spot the early signs", the Big Lottery Fund (BLF) said.
Council-led schemes in Cornwall and Wolverhampton were each granted nearly £9 million while £7.8 million will go towards a five-year project in Hull.
Lyn Cole, BLF grant-making director, said funds would "tackle stigma".
She said: "Mental health issues in early teens, if not tackled early, can develop into more serious conditions, impacting on school results and opportunities later on in life."
Phil Webster, who holds the portfolio for safeguarding children at Hull City Council, added: "Mental and emotional health is incredibly important in children's lives and we know from research that mental illness in young people often develops from age 14 onwards."
The six schemes were chosen from a pilot project, known as HeadStart, set up two years ago when 12 areas were awarded funding between £400,000 and £900,000 to develop long-term plans.
A BLF spokesman said the new grants would be used mainly for "providing a supportive school environment" through peer mentoring and tackling social media bullying.
"HeadStart will also provide targeted support to pupils showing risk factors such as repeated absences and disruptive behaviour," he added.
In 2014, the government announced it was investing £1.4 billion over five years in mental health services for children and young people. | Mental health projects in England will receive £55 million from lottery funds to support young people. |
27,321,613 | Rita Hobbs' Labrador Molly limped out from long grass in Cotgrave on Friday, and died two days later.
A vet said a puncture mark on the dog's right front leg could have been caused by an adder but it was "inconclusive".
A Nottinghamshire reptile expert said the snakes have not been seen in the county for nine years.
Mrs Hobbs and her daughter Rebecca were walking Molly down a lane when the 10-year-old dog limped out from a long grass verge.
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The next day one of Molly's paws swelled up, and she later suffered a fit.
The family took her to a Vets Now surgery in Nottingham, where she had a second seizure and died.
Mrs Hobbs said: "The first thing [the vet] said to us was 'has she been in any long grass?' and it still didn't click.
"She said it would be a snake bite. I was absolutely amazed."
Dr Sheila Wright, an amphibian and reptile recorder for Nottinghamshire, said without a toxicology report she doubted an adder had killed the dog.
She said: "We haven't seen an adder for nine years so we think they're extinct in Nottinghamshire due to habitat loss and persecution."
"It was most definitely something else and I'd be amazed if it was an adder."
In a statement, Laura Playforth, Vets Now's head of clinical operations, said: "Whilst the symptoms displayed by Molly and the puncture mark that was evident on her right forelimb could have been caused by an adder, it could have also been something else.
"Therefore it is inconclusive. We don't think it would be wise to presume it was definitely an adder."
It added that a toxicology test, which would determine whether venom was in the dog's system, had not been carried out. | Mystery surrounds the death of a dog after its owners claim it was killed by an adder, a species believed to be "extinct" in Nottinghamshire. |
40,823,790 | Hannah Turtle, 22, from Shotton, appeared at a preliminary hearing at Mold Crown Court on Friday.
A provisional trial date was set for 29 January 2018.
She is charged with murdering baby James Hughes last year, along with three charges of ill-treatment and two of administering poison.
Ms Turtle, who had been living at Llanarth Hospital in Abergavenny but is now of no fixed abode, was further remanded in custody.
One of the poison charges relates to allegedly administering an antidepressant drug to James between 31 May and 5 June 2016.
He was taken to hospital from the family home in Ryeland Street, Shotton, on 9 June 2016. He died on 13 June.
He was initially treated at the Countess of Chester Hospital and was then transferred to Liverpool's Alder Hey Children's Hospital where he died. | A Flintshire woman charged with murdering and poisoning her seven-week-old son is expected to go on trial early next year. |
33,784,030 | In a statement published online they say they will continue to work together on The Muppets.
They released the same statements on their Twitter accounts explaining they had been "squabbling".
``People change. So do frogs and pigs...we were together for a long, long time and it's personal,'' Kermit said.
Obviously, it's a break up of two characters who aren't real but people still think it's a big deal.
The new series of The Muppets will air this autumn in the US. | Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog have announced they are no longer in a relationship. |
34,651,772 | Downing Street said it would examine "how to protect the ability of elected governments to secure their business".
It will consider "how to secure the decisive role of the elected Commons in relation to its primacy on financial matters and secondary legislation".
But Labour accused the government of "intimidating" the House of Lords.
The review, to be led by former leader of the House of Lords Lord Strathclyde, comes as Tory MPs continue to express anger at the House of Lords' decision to vote to delay cuts to tax credits and to compensate those affected in full.
MPs have approved the tax credit changes three times and ministers have questioned the authority of the Lords to challenge the Commons on such a major financial issue, saying it flew in the face of long-standing historical precedents.
Speaking earlier, Chancellor George Osborne said the Lords must "respect the constitutional conventions that says the elected part of our Parliament votes on financial matters and the unelected part doesn't".
Analysis by BBC political reporter Brian Wheeler
The House of Lords is not traditionally supposed to block financial legislation that has the backing of MPs.
This principle was established in 1911 during the constitutional gridlock that followed a decision by peers to block the Liberal Party's "people's budget".
But nothing is ever cut and dried in Britain's fluid, unwritten constitution. And both sides are angrily trading precedents and claiming that their opponents are overstepping the mark. If they could only agree where the mark is.
Read more on the 'constitution wars'
"The House of Lords has an important job as a chamber that says 'have you thought about this' or raises concerns and there were opportunities for the House of Lords to do that yesterday.
"They didn't take those opportunities. What they did was they blocked a financial matter. They haven't done that for 100 years and it does raise constitutional issues."
The BBC's political correspondent Ross Hawkins said the government felt "hard done by" and believed it could "rewrite or clarify the rules" to stop the House of Lords "over-reaching itself".
No 10 did not outline a timeframe for the review but said Lord Strathclyde, who served in the Cabinet for more than three years, would draw on a panel of experts.
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell said the move looked more like a "grudge match" than a serious exercise in reform.
"I'd like to see a reform programme for the House of Lords because I'm one of those people who supports an elected House of Lords," he said.
"But I find it a bit odd that just because the government doesn't get its way in bullying the House of Lords, suddenly they set up this review. And I think people will react against it. I think they will see it as intimidating the Lords simply because they didn't vote for Conservative party policy."
Unlike in the Commons, the government does not have a majority in the Lords and has suffered 19 defeats in the Lords since May.
Attacking the central role played by Lib Dems peers in Monday's defeat, former foreign secretary William Hague - who is set to join the Lords next month - described their 111 members as "ghosts of a ruined civilisation still wandering the catacombs and remembering the happy days in the sunlight when people above ground used to like them".
Writing in the Daily Telegraph, he said the government must now pass legislation to assert beyond doubt that "the supremacy of the Commons on matters of finance is an overriding principle of law".
Critics of the government say that it has mishandled the presentation of its tax credits policy and sought to enact the changes through a statutory instrument rather than a money bill, which the Lords cannot challenge, to restrict debate.
Conservative peer Lord Forsyth said this had been a mistake but insisted talk of a constitutional crisis was overstated. He said a possible solution was for the Lords to be given the explicit power to delay or amend secondary legislation in return for foregoing the authority to vote down such measures.
The peer also said it would be "insane" for David Cameron to create a new tranche of peers to give the government effective control of the Lords, since the House was already overcrowded with nearly 800 existing members.
Before Monday's defeat, peers had only blocked so-called secondary legislation on five occasions since 1945 and never on a financial matter.
The government narrowly avoided another defeat on Tuesday over its plans to accelerate changes to the electoral register, with peers voting down a so-called "fatal motion" which would have blocked them by a majority of 11. | The government has announced a review into the workings of Parliament after its defeats in the House of Lords over controversial tax credit cuts. |
35,744,570 | It comes after Prince William has been accused by some newspapers of shirking royal engagements, with the Sun demanding: "Where's Willy?"
The answer, for a few days last week, was the French Alps with his children and his wife.
The pictures will delight those who support the royals and who are avid consumers of images of Prince George and Princess Charlotte. Such people will argue that everyone is entitled to downtime.
William's critics will continue to question whether he's reluctant to fully embrace his destiny. They insist he could do more in support of his soon-to-be 90-year-old grandmother, the Queen.
Defenders of the future king stress that he combines his work as a royal with his job as an air ambulance pilot and his role as a father. | The timing of this royal winter break could be viewed as rather unfortunate. |
30,306,319 | A hacking group called Lizard Squad say they are responsible for disrupting the service over Christmas.
The Xbox Live status page suggested on Saturday that Microsoft services had been restored.
PlayStation tweeted earlier today to say some services were being restored and thanked users for their patience.
The online services came under a DDoS, or a distributed denial of service attack, a technique which floods targets with high traffic - rendering them unusable.
Hackers using the name Lizard Squad have attacked the gaming companies before.
So who are they and what could be next?
A hacker claiming to be from Lizard Squad - a 22-year-old calling himself Member Two - said the group had hacked the sites "because we can".
He also suggested the motive was to demonstrate weaknesses in the Microsoft and Sony systems.
"It's just such a huge company Microsoft... Do you not think they should be able to prevent such an attack?" he told BBC Radio Five Live.
"Is Christmas really about children playing with their new consoles, or playing with their new toys, or is it about them spending time with their families and celebrating Christmas?" he added. "I think everyone's just taking it all out of the ordinary."
The name Lizard Squad is generally used as a signature on a site that the group has taken responsibility for hacking.
A previous attack on gaming and media streaming site Machinima, Inc. names Criminal, Jordie, Pain and Plague as the hackers.
The majority of Lizard Squad's online activity, outside hacking, comes via their Twitter account.
Many posts taunt recent targets or promise upcoming hacks.
The Christmas gaming take-down is is the latest in a string of hacks Lizard Squad claims to be behind.
Recent high-profile targets which the group has taken responsibility for taking offline include EA games, Destiny, Xbox Live at the beginning of December.
A series of Twitter posts from Lizard Squad, shared a few weeks ago, included threats that said they intended to target Xbox Live over the festive period.
"Microsoft will receive a wonderful Christmas present from us," they wrote.
Sony's PlayStation Network was also hacked in August.
The attacks coincided with a bomb scare involving a flight carrying a Sony executive.
An American Airlines jet was diverted after a threat was made online.
Although Lizard Squad are making headlines at the moment, other hacking groups have targeted high-profile sites.
Earlier this month a different branch of Sony - Sony Pictures Entertainment - was hit by a cyber attack that stole huge amounts of data from its servers.
The fallout from that hack soon focussed on The Interview, a film featuring a fictional plot to assassinate North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un.
In April last year, four British hackers who were behind a series of high-profile cyber-attacks in 2011 were given jail sentences.
Ryan Cleary, Jake Davis, Mustafa al-Bassam and Ryan Ackroyd were part of the Lulzsec hacking group, which targeted sites including Sony Pictures, News International, the CIA and the UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency.
The following month, Australian police said they had arrested the 24-year-old "self-proclaimed leader" of the hacking group.
Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube | Microsoft and Sony have been tackling network problems after gamers found themselves unable to log on to XBox Live and PlayStation platforms. |
35,377,077 | The company's net income rose to $823m (£580m) in the fourth quarter of 2015, up from $28m during the same period a year earlier.
The airline's fourth-quarter fuel bill fell 36% compared with a year earlier, saving the airline $912m.
United did suffer a 3% decline in total revenue from $9.3bn to $9bn, caused by slightly lower fares.
"We improved our operational performance, continued to invest in our products and services and achieved record financial performance," said Brett Hart, United's acting chief executive officer.
In October, United Airline's chief executive Oscar Munoz suffered a heart attack. He received a heart transplant in January. Investors were told Mr Munoz was "feeling great" and would be back by the end of the first quarter.
On Thursday, United also said it would expand its fleet by the middle of 2017, adding 40 new Boeing aircraft. It plans to introduce cheaper, but more restrictive ticket options by the middle of this year.
The company has struggled to cope with a complicated 2010 merger with Continental Airlines. It has faced technology woes, declining passenger numbers and a scandal concerning the New York and New Jersey Port Authority. | United Airlines saw its fourth-quarter income boosted by low oil prices, the company has reported. |
37,116,152 | 18 August 2016 Last updated at 11:40 BST
This opens the way for the cities to have a non-ANC mayor for the first time since apartheid ended in 1994. However, EFF leader Julius Malema refused to enter into any coalition agreement with the DA or the ANC.
DA leader Mmusi Maimane said it could pave the way for coalition politics at a national level in the future. The BBC’s Milton Nkosi reports from Johannesburg. | South Africa's radical Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party has said it will vote with the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) in its bid to take control of key cities from the governing African National Congress (ANC) following local elections earlier this month. |
40,320,719 | Emergency services were called to the scene between Cardigan and Tanygroes shortly after 12:00 BST.
A Welsh Ambulance Services spokeswoman confirmed that one person was treated at the roadside, but could not give details of the injuries.
A Mid and West Wales Fire Services spokeswoman said the road is closed for investigation work to take place. | A section of the A487 is closed in Ceredigion following a crash involving a car and a motorcycle. |
30,076,439 | The highly-anticipated track had been the subject of countless discussions across the news over the weekend.
The updated lyrics were announced and the musicians went to the studio - all that was left was to see the new video.
So now that it has been revealed, what does everyone think? And will it go straight to number one, as Bob Geldof anticipates?
Speaking of Bob, he introduced the video from The X Factor stage, warning viewers that he and Simon Cowell had decided to show some graphic images, to illustrate what the Ebola crisis has done in West Africa.
"This is hardcore, to allow The X Factor nation to watch this," he said.
"This is the most anti-human disease but we can stop it and we will stop it.
"It could be here. It could be a British problem. Buy this thing [the song]. Don't get it free."
Appearing fifth in the video, Paloma Faith tweeted an appeal to her followers to help the cause.
"Honoured to be a part of #BandAid30 - join us to help our sisters & brothers," she wrote.
The YouTuber was in the chorus for the song and has already described the experience of recording the video as "surreal".
"How amazing was that track! Bob Geldof is one amazing guy," she tweeted after the track aired.
As well as featuring in the video for the Band Aid 30 song, Olly also performed his new track on The X Factor.
Bob Geldof apologised to him, saying that Wrapped Up would be "caned" in the charts by Do They Know It's Christmas?
Like a number of the people involved, Jessie Ware encouraged her fans to watch the ITV show to see the first play of Do They Know It's Christmas?
The video that was shown on The X Factor was the first cut and the final version will be shared on Monday 17 November at 8am.
Zoella's fellow YouTuber also appeared in the chorus for the song - they were seen in the video standing near to Ed Sheeran.
Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube | As soon as the video premiered on The X Factor, #BandAid30 became the most trending topic worldwide on Twitter. |
40,116,042 | Eight soldiers were also wounded in the "friendly fire" incident on Wednesday, said defence secretary Delfin Lorenzana, expressing remorse.
Over the last week militants allied to the so-called Islamic State have engaged in street battles with the army leaving more than 100 people dead.
It was sparked by the attempted capture of a top militant leader by the army.
"Yesterday we had a tragedy that involved our troops. A group of our military, army men, were hit by our own airstrike. We lost men, 10 killed and 8 wounded," Mr Lorenzana told reporters.
President Rodrigo Duterte declared martial law on southern Mindanao island, where Marawi City is located, last week.
Security forces launched a raid to arrest Isnilon Hapilon - a Filipino militant on the US's list of most-wanted terror suspects.
Authorities said dozens of fighters fought back to protect him, and then attacked parts of the city with a population of 200,000, taking hostages.
The Philippines military has since been using armed forces and helicopter airstrikes to try and drive the militants out.
Most of the civilians have left Marawi, while about 2,000 remain trapped.
Defence Minister Lorenzana told reporters on Thursday that among the militants that have been killed there were fighters from at least five other nationalities including Saudi, Yemeni and Chechen, according to Reuters. | Ten soldiers have been killed in a government air strike in the embattled city of Marawi in the Philippines. |
39,730,055 | The Wakefield Eastern Relief Road stretches for 4.6 miles (7.5km) between the A642 and A638 and crosses the River Calder.
The road could help to reduce congestion and pollution within the city, Wakefield Council said.
A development of 2,500 homes east of the city centre is planned to be built around the new road.
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Councillor Peter Box, leader of Wakefield Council, said: "It is one of the biggest and most ambitious projects that this district has seen for decades."
Work on the road started in April 2015. | A £33m relief road using the first new river crossing in Wakefield for more than 100 years has opened. |
34,353,248 | DNA testing was used to confirm the sex of Dusty, the spring-born Chough.
Choughs, a red-billed member of the Crow family, died out in Jersey in about 1900.
Over the past three years, wildlife experts have worked to reintroduce the birds to the north coast and had some success with hand-reared chicks.
DNA samples were sent to a lab that specialises in finding out the gender of birds to find out for certain if Dusty was male or female.
Keepers say it is great news for the population in Jersey as the potential number of breeding pairs could go up.
Another chick, CeCe, who had been hand-reared, was confirmed as a female.
The Birds on the Edge group, who reared the original red-billed choughs, plan to bring in more chicks from Cornwall to keep Dusty and CeCe company.
The original choughs came from the Paradise Park wildlife sanctuary in Cornwall and were then reared at the Durrell Wildlife Park in Jersey before being released into the wild.
They made their home at Ronez Quarry in St John, where the nest holding Dusty was discovered. | The first Chough chick to be born in the wild in Jersey for over 100 years is a male, according to the charity rearing them. |
37,416,583 | Emergency services were called to Park Close, Woodbury, Devon, on Thursday.
The woman was taken to Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital and then moved to Derriford Hospital, where she died on Saturday.
It thought she was washing her car when the it rolled forwards, Devon and Cornwall Police said.
A spokeswoman for the force said no formal identification had taken place but next of kin had been informed.
More on this story and others from Devon and Cornwall | A 79-year-old woman who was reportedly "crushed by her own car" as she washed it has died in hospital, police said. |
40,509,178 | Conservative Sir Henry Bellingham said there was "clear evidence" of students saying they voted at their home and university addresses.
"Surely this is straightforward electoral fraud," he said.
Cabinet Office Minister Chris Skidmore promised to raise the "completely unacceptable" allegation with the Electoral Commission.
Similar allegations about the 8 June election have been made by another Conservative MP, Sir Peter Bone, last week, as well as by ex-UKIP leader Nigel Farage.
Speaking during Cabinet Office Questions in the Commons, Sir Henry, the MP for North West Norfolk, said: "Is the minister aware that there is now clear evidence that many students boasted on social media of voting twice - once at university, and once by post at home? Surely this is straightforward electoral fraud."
Mr Skidmore said this would be "nothing less than an abuse of our democracy" and promised to raise it with the Electoral Commission "as a priority".
"Let all of us in this House be clear: this is a crime. If anyone has any evidence of people voting twice, they should report it to their local returning officer and the police, who must take this issue seriously," he added.
According to the Electoral Commission, it is possible to be legally registered to vote in more than one place, if someone is properly resident in each.
Where this is the case, they are allowed to vote twice in local government elections - provided they live in two different council areas - but it is illegal to do this in a general election or referendum.
Investigating such an offence would be a matter for the police, it said. | Many students boasted on social media of having voted twice in last month's general election, an MP has claimed. |
39,126,653 | Daily air strikes by Syria's government and its ally Russia claimed hundreds of lives, according to a new report.
Government forces also dropped chlorine bombs, resulting in hundreds of civilian casualties, it alleges.
Rebels are meanwhile accused of firing shells indiscriminately at government-held areas and of using human shields.
The evacuation of the rebel enclave in eastern Aleppo in December, which brought the battle to an end, also amounted to forced displacement, the investigators say.
The investigators from the UN Human Rights Council's commission of inquiry on Syria interviewed hundreds of eyewitnesses, and examined satellite imagery and remnants of explosive devices.
They found civilians caught in the fighting during the last six months of the battle for Aleppo were left vulnerable to repeated violations of international law.
As part of a strategy to force those inside the city's rebel-held east to surrender, pro-government forces imposed a siege in late July, trapping civilians without adequate food or medical supplies, and stepped up an aerial campaign.
The investigators singled out the air strikes that destroyed or otherwise rendered all hospitals in eastern Aleppo out of service by December, noting that no military targets were identified as being present in or around the facilities, and that no warnings were given prior to any of the attacks.
The report does not, however, state explicitly that Russian air strikes violated international law. The Syrian and Russian air forces use the same planes and many of the same weapons, and UN investigators were unable to connect Russia to any particular incident.
At the time, both the Syrian and Russian governments denied targeting civilians or civilian infrastructure, and blamed rebel fighters for operating in residential areas.
The report also alleges that Syrian government forces carried out September's attack on a humanitarian convoy in a rebel-held town west of Aleppo, in which 15 aid workers died.
The attack was carefully planned, the report alleges. Bombs designed for soft targets were chosen, and when the aircraft ran out of bombs, they strafed survivors.
The Syrian government has denied responsibility for the convoy attack, which the US alleged at the time was carried out by Russian warplanes. Russia meanwhile suggested that a US drone was to blame.
The UN investigators said an "alarming number" of allegations of the use of chlorine were reported during the siege of eastern Aleppo. In at least two incidents, they found, chlorine bombs were dropped by government forces.
The use of chlorine as a weapon is prohibited by international law as well as the Chemical Weapons Convention, to which Syria is a party.
The Syrian government has always denied using chemical weapons, although the UN has accused it of dropping chlorine bombs in three attacks in 2014 and 2015.
The investigators also found that throughout the siege, rebel groups continuously shelled western Aleppo using mostly unguided and imprecise weaponry, including so-called "hell cannons". Dozens of civilians were killed or injured.
The report says the attacks were launched without a clear military target and intentionally terrorised the civilian population, constituting a war crime.
As the situation deteriorated in eastern Aleppo, some armed groups withheld humanitarian aid from civilians, violently prevented them from trying to flee across the frontline and used them as human shields, according to the investigators.
The report says the fall of Aleppo was "characterised by reprisals, the most serious of which were executions by members of pro-government forces of hors de combat armed groups fighters and the murder of their civilian family members".
There were also reports of arbitrary arrests of persons suspected of belonging to rebel groups, including doctors, and of men and boys being subjected to forced conscription.
The government has rejected claims that it killed or detained non-combatants. | UN human rights investigators say Syrian civilians fell victim to war crimes committed by all parties during the battle for Aleppo last year. |
35,778,464 | Measurements at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii went up by more than three parts per million(ppm) in 2015.
Scientists say the spike is due to a combination of human activities and the El Niño weather pattern.
They argue that the data increases the pressure on global leaders to sign and ratify the Paris Climate Agreement.
Mauna Loa is the world's oldest continuous atmospheric measurement station, with records dating back to the later 1950s.
It is regarded as the most important site in the global monitoring network, recording the see-saw, rise and fall of carbon in the atmosphere over a year.
Plants and trees tend to absorb more CO2 during the spring and lose it as autumn approaches and leaves die off.
For the past decade the average increase in carbon dioxide at the station has been 2ppm. But in 2015 the level grew by 3.05ppm - In the year to February 2016, the level went up by 3.76ppm.
The global climate phenomenon, El Niño, is believed to have played a role in the rise.
Scientists at the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) say that the previous biggest increase was in 1998, also an El Niño year.
The weather event drives drought in many parts of the tropics and in 2015 this led to forest fires in Indonesia and other locations which pumped large amounts of stored carbon into the atmosphere.
"The impact of El Niño on CO2 concentrations is a natural and relatively short-lived phenomenon," said Petteri Taalas from the WMO.
"But the main long-term driver is greenhouse gas emissions from human activities. We have the power and responsibility to cut these," he added.
The latest figures show that in January and February this year the levels of CO2 at Mauna Loa went through the symbolic 400ppm level.
Prior to 1800, say the US National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration (Noaa), atmospheric levels were 280ppm.
"Carbon dioxide levels are increasing faster than they have in hundreds of thousands of years," said Pieter Tans, lead scientist of Noaa's Global Greenhouse Gas Reference Network.
"It's explosive compared to natural processes."
The scientists say the latest figures should encourage global leaders to make progress on the Paris Climate Agreement.
The UN is hoping that prime ministers and presidents will turn up in large numbers at a signing ceremony in New York in April, and that the treaty will become operational this year.
"This should serve as a wake-up call to governments about the need to sign the Paris Climate Agreement and to take urgent action to make the cuts in CO2 emissions necessary to keep global temperature rises to well below 2C," said the WMO's Petteri Taalas.
Scientists will be closely monitoring atmospheric levels this year to see if there is any decrease as El Niño fades over the next few months.
Follow Matt on Twitter @mattmcgrathbbc and on Facebook. | Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere grew more in past 12 months than at any time in the past 56 years. |
39,545,885 | One for Arthur was the unexpected winner - only the second victory by a Scottish-trained horse, the last being in 1979.
William Hill said it took about £25m on the race but added it would most likely have to "give it all back".
A spokesman said: "It was a National to forget for us but a fairly grand one for punters in Scotland."
Rupert Adams told the BBC Scotland news website that, for every year for the past five years, William Hill has made about £5m on the Grand National.
"We had expected this year's Grand National to be a bit of a money-spinner for us," he said.
"We won't know exactly how much we will be paying out until everyone has brought their slips in and we have paid out their money, but it looks like we have just about broken even - although we have lost significantly in Scotland.
"The problem is we won't get the money back because with the Grand National most people only make that one bet a year."
Paul Petrie, McBookie.com spokesman, said: "It was a bad day for Scottish bookmakers but a great day for punters and more importantly for Scottish racing.
"It has been a long time since we have celebrated a Scottish winner and although it has cost us a fortune, we couldn't be more happy for Lucinda Russell."
One For Arthur was ridden by Derek Fox and trained by Kinross-based Lucinda Russell, whose partner and assistant is former champion jockey Peter Scudamore.
She said: "What a day. We have a fantastic team behind us and I'm just so pleased.
"He's amazing. He's improved every time. I kept thinking barring accidents, he would win the National and he has.
"Together (Peter and I) we have had good and bad times but the horses are all back in form now.
"It's brilliant for Scotland. I said it's for Scotland, but it's really for the team and the yard.
"It's out of this world." | Bookmakers across the UK are counting the cost of Saturday's Grand National after a 14-1 shot claimed victory. |
39,559,442 | The "scandalous" spreadsheet system contributed to Thomas Higgins' death at his home on the Isle of Wight, the island's coroner concluded last June.
On Wednesday, the NHS watchdog also noted the system had deleted patient details and lost staff visits records.
The Isle of Wight NHS Trust now says a new system will be in place by autumn.
The trust was placed in special measures after inspectors from watchdog the Care Quality Commission (CQC) gave it an overall rating of "inadequate".
It had told last June's inquest into 96-year-old Mr Higgins' death that the database, used by community nurses, would be replaced by the end of last year.
During her investigations following Mr Higgins' death coroner Caroline Sumeray, said she had uncovered a "system that was unfit for purpose" and which had initially been a "temporary six-month database fix" still in use four years later.
She told the hearing: "It's an absolute scandal... Until it's rectified, everybody is at risk that is on the district nurse register."
Mr Higgins broke his neck in a fall at his home in Binstead, Isle of Wight, in November 2015.
Ms Sumeray heard he had probably slipped on fluid seeping from his swollen legs.
She said the district nursing team had missed five opportunities over three days to visit him to apply bandages.
In one case, a visit was missed because the system was "inadequate to record [appointments] more than a week in advance", she said.
Another missed visit came to light two weeks after Mr Higgins' death, because there was "no way of picking up missed appointments".
A nursing team leader, Jenni Edgington, told the hearing the database "collapsed frequently" and "changed data", because of its large size and wi-fi problems in Ryde.
She said it had been an "ongoing issue" for "two to three years", although a replacement system was anticipated by the end of 2016.
Ms Sumeray ruled Mr Higgins' death was an accident, contributed to by "systemic and individual neglect".
In a follow-up letter to the NHS trust in September, she said: "There does not appear to be sufficient urgency to replace this Excel database with one which is fit for purpose."
CQC inspectors, who visited the trust in November, said they found "numerous incidents of patients being deleted, lost staff visits and even visits being given to staff for deceased patients".
In January, the trust reported the spreadsheet was still losing about 10 patients a week, although a back-up folder was being used to detect errors.
It said the community nursing service was "taking all actions to mitigate the risk" to patients.
Mr Higgins' niece, Christine Newland, said: "Until a replacement is up and running, how many more mistakes are going to be made?"
His nephew, Peter Brand, said: "It's really upsetting that it was recognised as a problem but nothing was put in place."
The trust said its new replacement database, TPP SystmOne, "should see all areas active in autumn 2017". | An under-fire NHS trust is still using an "unfit" patient appointment database 10 months after it was linked to a man's death. |
36,295,616 | Officials say the militant detonated his explosives outside a police base in the port of Mukalla, killing recruits as they queued up outside the building.
IS's jihadist rival, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), was forced out of Mukalla last month by a Saudi-led military coalition.
The conflict in Yemen has displaced two million people since 2011.
Hospitals in Mukalla, capital of Hadramawt province, said they were treating at least 60 people wounded in the attack.
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Reports said the bomber had joined a queue of men lining up at the police recruitment centre before detonating his explosives belt.
A statement from IS said the bomber had been targeting "apostates of the security forces".
The bombing is the second such attack in Mukalla claimed by IS militants since AQAP's withdrawal from the city.
The group claimed a suicide car bomb attack that killed 15 soldiers last week.
The port city of 500,000 people had been held for more than a year by AQAP, which has taken advantage of Yemen's civil war to seize territory, weapons and money. | A suicide attack claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group has killed at least 31 police recruits in southern Yemen. |
35,843,460 | She chose a book featuring Prince George's "favourite character" Fireman Sam, and a Beatrix Potter Tom Kitten figurine for Princess Charlotte.
The gifts cost £10 in total and Sarah Throssell, who served her, said she seemed "really pleased with the finds."
The Duchess was opening East Anglia's Children's Hospices shop in Holt, Norfolk, as patron of the charity.
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Rebekah Hughes, who has Dravet Syndrome, a severe form of epilepsy, took the duchess on a tour of the shop.
The Duchess also helped volunteers sort clothes in a back room and revealed her frustration with security tags, saying: "they're a nightmare to get off."
She told staff she often buys cook books in charity shops.
The new shop is about 20 miles from the home Catherine shares with her husband and children at Anmer Hall.
It was her latest engagement on behalf of the charity after she launched a drive to raise £10 million for a new hospice in Norfolk in 2014.
She delivered her first public speech as the Duchess of Cambridge in 2012 when she opened its Treehouse hospice in Ipswich.
The charity, which has three hospices in Cambridge, Norfolk and Ipswich, offers support to more than 700 children, young people and family members. | The Duchess of Cambridge bought presents for her two children as she opened a new charity shop. |
35,151,936 | A firearms officer has been arrested over the fatal shooting of Jermaine Baker on 11 December.
The 28-year-old was shot dead during an alleged attempt to spring two convicts from a prison van in Wood Green.
Met Police Federation chair Ken Marsh, said a criminal charge would have "massive ramifications" for the force.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has opened a homicide inquiry following the shooting.
But Mr Marsh said: "If the officer in question was charged, my colleagues would consider very, very carefully if they would still carry blue permits and carry firearms.
"We are talking about police officers who carry firearms by choice and are looking to be backed up by the government for doing this.
"Otherwise, if they are out in the streets in a Paris-style scenario, they don't want to think if they are going to be prosecuted." | Armed police officers could refuse to carry weapons if a colleague is charged over the shooting of a man in London, the Police Federation has warned. |
32,857,623 | Kaylie Hatton, 16, left the Sidcup address in Bexley on 16 May. She is believed to be in the company of 51-year-old Fred Finch from Eltham.
Scotland Yard said the teenager went missing in the early hours after arguing with her grandmother.
The Met said they had classed them as "high-risk missing persons".
Kaylie and Mr Finch were last seen travelling on a 96 bus in the Welling/Crayford area.
Det Sgt Graham Scott said: "We have had some unconfirmed sightings over the past week and we think they might be using swimming pools and leisure centres to grab a shower.
"The last proof of life we have got is Sunday night between 4pm and 8pm at a friend's address."
Det Sgt Scott said Kaylie had long blonde hair that may have been dyed dark.
She was last seen wearing a white top with a gold chain around the collar, black leggings and tan Timberland boots.
Mr Finch is described as white with short dark hair. He was last seen wearing a baseball cap, a black jacket, black jeans and black Nike trainers. | A "vulnerable" teenager remains missing more than a week after climbing out of a window at her grandmother's home in south-east London. |
39,785,077 | The Team6 Campaign set about raising £90,000 to build a 6ft 2in (1.87m) bronze statue in Portmeirion, where the cult 1960s TV show was filmed.
But the group said "logistical matters and funding considerations" meant the project could not be achieved in the short term.
Anyone who has donated money to the project will be refunded.
The programme starred McGoohan as Number Six, who is held captive in a mysterious village where the residents are known only by number.
It began shooting in 1966, with all 17 episodes shot in Portmeirion's Italianate village.
McGoohan died in 2009 after almost 50 years on the stage and screen, in a career which saw him win an Emmy and a Bafta TV award.
A Team6 spokesman said the group was "very grateful for the strong early support" but could not achieve the plan "in the window of time originally envisaged". | Plans to build a life-size statue of The Prisoner star Patrick McGoohan in Gwynedd have been shelved. |
30,288,734 | Dubbed Mrs Christmas, Betty Ann Jones, 72, has installed 12,000 twinkling fairy lights, a mountain of fake snow and 5,000 toys and tiny ornaments.
She has been decorating her home in Pontardawe, near Swansea, for eight years and last year raised £12,000 for charity.
Her husband has also built a nativity scene.
"I just love Christmas - and I want everyone else to love it as much as I do. It is well worth a fiver of anyone's money," she said.
"I have thousands of beautiful intricately designed ornaments from all over the world but most have come from German Christmas markets.
"I went every year for 16 years and always came home with arms full of unique decorations." | A grandmother has turned her home into a winter wonderland for Christmas and is charging people £5 to visit. |
40,849,121 | Kayleigh McEnany appeared in the second instalment of the new series, the day after she said she was leaving CNN.
It will no doubt be seen as a major coup by Mr Trump, who has been at war with CNN and other "mainstream media" outlets since taking office.
He accuses them of failing to report on the achievements of his administration.
This new online segment, launched by his daughter-in-law Lara last week, appears to be designed to promote Mr Trump's successes, with updates on key policy areas such as immigration and jobs from Trump Tower in New York.
Mrs Trump - married to the president's second son, Eric - opened the first episode suggesting people "haven't heard of all the accomplishments the president had this week because there's so much fake news out there".
Neither Ms McEnany's nor Mrs Trump's videos mentioned the scandals or personnel changes that have dogged the White House since the reality TV star-turned-politician took office.
Both women also signed off by saying "and that is the real news" - suggesting the phrase was to become the short segment's catchline.
Describing herself online as a Christian conservative, Ms McEnany has regularly defended the president in CNN debates but tweeted on Saturday that she was leaving the channel.
Ms McEnany's CNN credentials are significant because they are the news network Mr Trump has publically criticised the most. In July he tweeted a video of himself wrestling a person with a CNN logo for a head.
Ms McEnany defended the tweet on the news channel as a "tongue-in-cheek satirical video".
Besides CNN, the president has denounced many news channels and publications as peddlers of "fake news". In February he launched a stinging attack on the media.
In June he attacked MSNBC Morning Joe hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough as "low IQ crazy Mika" and "Psycho Joe". He also referred to Ms Brzezinski as "bleeding badly from a facelift".
Amid the widespread criticism of his comments, the TV hosts suggested the White House had attempted to blackmail them with a smear story in a national tabloid unless they personally apologised for their coverage of Mr Trump.
As the 2016 Republican presidential candidate, Mr Trump complained about being treated unfairly by the media.
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Rumours began circling he was planning to launch his own Trump TV network with his friend Roger Ailes, former Fox News chairman, if he lost the presidency (Mr Ailes died in May).
They deepened after his campaign launched an alternative broadcast during the final presidential debate with Trump-styled political commentators and analysis.
Speaking to the Washington Post in September, Mr Trump denied he was considering founding a media company.
But after months of public spats with the media, this new "real news" weekly broadcast could be the start of Mr Trump trying to capitalise on the anti-media sentiment he has drummed up among supporters.
It is significant the videos have been posted to Donald Trump's personal Facebook page, where he has over 22 million followers.
He also has over 35 million followers on his personal Twitter account, tens of millions more than on his official @POTUS presidential accounts.
Mr Trump has not scaled back his use of his social media accounts after being sworn in office and defended his use of Twitter as "modern-day presidential".
The informal online messages are a sharp departure from the usual methods of official communication by US presidents.
From foreign policy statements to the "covfefe" typo, Mr Trump's unorthodox use of the platform has frequently set the international news agenda.
It is believed he hopes the News of the Week will do the same and divert coverage of his presidency, which has so far been dominated by administration infighting and the Russian collusion investigation. | A former CNN political commentator has become the host of US President Donald Trump's News of the Week video on his personal Facebook page. |
35,252,466 | Henry, 24, will fill in as the county's main overseas player from early April until the end of June.
South African Kyle Abbott will then take over in early July for the second half of the season.
"Worcestershire have had strong links with New Zealand cricket going back to when Glenn Turner played for them for many seasons," said Henry.
"And, more recently, with Colin Munro and Mitchell McClenaghan too.
"I hope I can play my part in getting them off to a good start in trying to regain that Division One spot - as well as having another successful run in the T20 Blast."
Henry was on last year's New Zealand tour to England, taking 4-93 and 2-106 on his Test debut at Lord's in May, and two further wickets in the second Test at Headingley.
He claimed took two more wickets in his third and most recent Test appearance in November against Australia at Perth.
Christchurch-born Henry made his first appearance at Worcester last May, when he took 2-71 and 3-58 for the New Zealand tourists in their 15-run win over the hosts.
He has also played in 20 one-day internationals, helping the Kiwis to reach the 2015 World Cup final, before going on to take 13 wickets in the recent 3-1 series victory over Sri Lanka. | Worcestershire have signed New Zealand fast bowler Matt Henry for the first half of the 2016 season. |
28,799,422 | The incident is said to have taken place on Tuesday in Sichuan province's Ganzi prefecture, also known as Kardze.
Arrests were also made and some people fled, the activist groups said.
The incident does not appear to have been reported in Chinese state media.
Obtaining independent confirmation of events both in Tibet and in ethnic Tibetan areas in surrounding regions is extremely difficult.
Both access to these areas and information flow out of them is tightly controlled.
Chinese state media does confirm some of the incidents but not all. Accounts from activist groups have proved reliable in the past.
According to UK-based group Free Tibet, a village leader named Wangdak was arrested on Monday over a dispute with local authorities.
The group said the row related to alleged harassment of female members of a dance troupe at a celebration villagers had been ordered to stage for senior officials.
The US-based International Campaign for Tibet said it also related to a dispute over official restrictions on a traditional gathering at a local horse festival.
After Mr Wangdak was detained, a crowd of Tibetans gathered to protest.
Both groups said armed police were deployed, used tear gas and then opened fire.
Mr Wangdak's son was among those who were shot, both activist groups said.
Free Tibet said at least two people were shot but the nature and cause of the other injuries was not clear.
The village was now surrounded and many adults had gone into hiding, Radio Free Asia reported, citing a Tibetan exile monk.
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Many ethnic Tibetans live in Gansu and Sichuan provinces, which lie near Tibet. Activists say China enforces tight restrictions over Tibetans' religious and cultural activities.
China argues its investment into Tibetan areas has greatly advanced standards of living.
In recent years more than 100 young Tibetans have set themselves on fire in what activists say are protests against Chinese rule. Most of these incidents have taken place in Tibetan communities outside Tibet.
There have also been other shootings. Last year, activist groups said Chinese police opened fire on Tibetans who had gathered to mark the Dalai Lama's birthday, injuring several. | Ten people were injured when Chinese police opened fire on Tibetan protesters demonstrating against the detention of a village leader, two activist groups and overseas news reports say. |
20,415,012 | The Welsh government wants Welsh speakers to be able to express their health needs in their first language.
But the British Medical Association (BMA) has said the Welsh language should not be a priority when delivering health care.
The strategy is being launched by the Welsh government on Wednesday.
The BMA said it was in favour of the Welsh language but felt that money spent on the NHS should be spent on health care.
Concerns have also been raised that targeting Welsh-speaking staff could hinder recruitment.
But Health Minister Lesley Griffiths said the Welsh government wanted to make sure patients and their families felt they were "able to use Welsh when being assessed and receiving treatment or care".
"We all feel more comfortable discussing personal health and emotional matters in our first language," she said.
• Creating a systematic approach to Welsh language services as an integral element of service planning and delivery
• Building on current best practice and planning, commissioning and providing care
• Increasing the capability of the workforce to provide Welsh language services in priority areas and language awareness among all staff
• Creating leaders who will foster a supportive ethos within organisations, so that Welsh speaking users receive language sensitive services as a natural part of their care
• Providing education, learning and development programmes which reflect the services' responsibility to plan and provide Welsh language services
• Ensuring that all national strategies, policies and leadership programmes mainstream Welsh language services
SOURCE: Welsh government
"This framework is a key step to increasing not only the physical and mental wellbeing of Welsh speakers who need access to health and social care services, but also their emotional wellbeing."
Gwenda Thomas, deputy minister for social services, said many Welsh speakers could only express their care needs effectively in Welsh.
"For example, people suffering from dementia and people who have a stroke often lose a grasp of their second language," she said.
"Children under the age of five can often only speak their first language."
The strategy says the challenge of addressing the shortage of Welsh speaking staff must be overcome.
"It is no easy task and requires strong leadership from human resources departments," it said.
"It is worth considering whether language skills could be identified in the same way as gender balance is considered within staff teams in service areas such as home care, stroke and dementia services."
Cymdeithas yr Iaith (the Welsh Language Society) supported the plans and said during the consultation that the BMA had to realise that "not being able to express yourself and therefore potentially not receiving the appropriate treatment is the same as other examples of bad service - like not being able to have a hospital bed or a shortage of staff".
Welsh language commissioner Meri Huws has backed the "fundamental principles" of the scheme saying it was a "valuable opportunity to reinforce Welsh language services in those areas".
However, she also raised some concerns such as questioning whether there was a "strong enough long-term foundation" because the strategy worked on the basis of three-year action plans. | Moves to strengthen the use of the Welsh language in health and social care - previously criticised by a doctors' group - are being unveiled. |
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